# \_root and \_parent

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-and--parent/32142
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-and--parent/32142 "2003-10-02T00:58:53Z")
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### Author: ![ichido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/43a26b/32.png) [@ichido](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ichido)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-and--parent/32142/1 "2003-10-02T00:58:53Z")

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Hi there…i’m a newbiz to FlashMX…something have been quite puzzling me… i really cant tell on the FlashMX which one should be call \_root or \_parent… and the explaination on my Flash book is quite confusing too… can any helpful people tell me how to know which is which so i can assign the \_root and \_parent…THX for viewing