_root?

[B-HOLM]

hey, got a stupid question

when is _root used, and why?

oh BTW
is there any other good sites other than Flashkit and Actionscript.org ?

[Billy T]

_root is the main timeline

ie

when you make a new flash movie and you see the blank timeline - that is _root

so if you wanted to target an mc on the stage you'd say

_root.mcInstanceName

where mcInstanceName is the instance name of the movieclip on the stage

ya dig?


why would you need anything other than actionscript.org? ;)

[B-HOLM]

ok, so I use it for stuff that is going toget shown on the scene?...so I shouldn't use it when I wanna do background stuff (as in things working in the background)

[Billy T]

huh?

[B-HOLM]

sorry for confusing you....could you give any links to nywhere to read about it....?

[Billy T]

this should help - http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/beginner/paths/index.shtml

cheers