# \_root inside target **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [April 29, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557 "2003-04-29T08:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xzyfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ce73a5/32.png) [@xzyfer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xzyfer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/1 "2003-04-29T08:28:59Z")
ive loaded a movie into another and postitioned it… [AS] \_root.abc.\_x=“400”; \_root.abc.\_y=“200”; \_root.abc.loadMovie(“trig\_sub.swf”); [/AS] but once it is loaded where ever i have used \_root in the loaded movie (trig\_sub.swf) it nolonger works eg… on a button i have [AS] on(rollOver){ \_root.menu.stop(); }[/AS] bnut this dosent work when it has been loaded into instance “abc” in the main movie… wat do i have to use instead of root to point at an instance? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/2 "2003-04-29T08:39:43Z")
yup… you’ll need to fix the addressing. :-\ here’s a little trick [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/relativeaddressing.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/relativeaddressing.asp) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/3 "2003-04-29T09:19:41Z")
ok… heres i understand wat is being said… in the main time line of the movie to be loaded (trig\_sub.swf) i place: [AS] \_global.myAppMain = this; [/AS] and then everywhere i used [AS]\_root[/AS] i just delete the \_root and put myAppMain instead.? have i got this right, because i cant get it working… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/4 "2003-04-29T09:23:45Z")
yes. you got it right… and it works. :-\ keep trying. or attach your files. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/5 "2003-04-29T09:25:19Z")
question… if i have a dynamic textbox with the var name “bob”. and i later state [AS] myAppMain.bob=“hello”;[/AS] this should work right\>… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/6 "2003-04-29T09:29:16Z")
is “bob” the instance name of the TextField or you assigned “bob” to the variable of the TextField? if it’s the variable… it should work. if it’s the instance name… you use ```auto myAppMain.bob.text = "hello"; ``` =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/7 "2003-04-29T09:34:55Z")
nah i have created a dynamic text box…made it non-selectable and insisde an MC with the instance name “menu” i have put myAppMain.bob=“hello”; and the varible name of the text box, under properties, is bob. but it just turns up blank. aslo in \_root\>menu\>1-10 i have a button and i told it one mouse over to myAppMain=“goodbye?”; neither of which have any affect… y? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/8 "2003-04-29T09:36:17Z")
i menat to put myAppMain.bob=“goodbye?”; ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/9 "2003-04-29T09:39:39Z")
well, obviously there’s a problem… could you attach the files? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/10 "2003-04-29T09:40:35Z")
ijm not familer with that… how would i do it…? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/11 "2003-04-29T09:44:38Z")
click here \\“you’ll\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/12 "2003-04-29T10:07:40Z")
sorr y i though he ment in flash… i cant load them their too big put u can get them here… [http://144.136.39.3/flash/](http://144.136.39.3/flash/) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/13 "2003-04-29T11:16:41Z")
any luck guys? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/14 "2003-04-29T17:39:31Z")
sorry, i can’t download the files… i got a **gateway timeout**. :-\ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/15 "2003-04-30T06:08:16Z")
sorry about that guys… alls better now… [http://144.136.39.3/flash](http://144.136.39.3/flash) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/16 "2003-04-30T07:13:08Z")
also useful (sometimes more so) is the “\_parent” property. \_parent refers to the timeline that contains the timeline with the \_parent reference. ie mc1 contains mc2 which contains mc3 from mc3, \_parent.\_parent.\_name would return “mc1” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/17 "2003-04-30T07:27:40Z")
you have to publish the swf to flash 6 version, not flash 5. :-\ otherwise you’ll need to use \_parent, as david suggested. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/18 "2003-04-30T08:16:06Z")
yer i finally figure it out… thx guys/… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-inside-target/19557/19 "2003-04-30T08:29:11Z")
no problem. 😛 =)