actually wat does _root. means and how does it work???
good question i was thinking the same last week!!!:geek:
The easiest way to picture .root is to view a flash movie as a series of layers.
The main movie that everything goes onto is called _level0 or _root.
If you want to refer to a mc on this layer then you can say _root.themovieclip. This is useful when you have a mc in an mc in an mc and you want to do something to the first one…
When you load a swf into a movie the _root. refers to the main movie not the loaded movie so you have to be careful with variables. I try to avoid using _rot. in this case and access everything via _parent. which is the level above where you place it. another is this which refers to the layer your on
so
_root = top level
_parent= level above
this = current level
OH thanks again I get it now I hope DaisyDee read this too!!! Thanks a lot Dravos. I how your forte as a programmer will come true
Thank you:love:
