AS II Class Refrence Problems

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Okay, i apologize if this was already covered in forums, but i could not find it right away. I am new to ActionScript II and I am trying to create a class to learn the in’s and out’s of AS II and i have stumpled into a bit of a problem i cannot resolve. Below is my class, the problem i am running into is on the monitorLoad() method… Take note of the traces, the first one gives me whatever i input into the class and the second one gets lost and traces undefined…so the problem I am running into has to do with where i create the empty movie clip…but i have no idea where i should create it in order to manipulate my loadBar_mov instance i will manually place on my stage…i realize using _root is not that dynamic and i probably should avoid it…but i dunno what else to do…any suggestions, or solutions? thanks in advance


class defaultTB {
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    //default v1.0
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //!!! DISPLAY TEXT IS NOT DONE // NOT SURE _ROOT IS GOOD TO USE HERE
    //This class is to be used to setup movie stage defaults, as well as control any other aspect that 
    //falls under the first frame, including preloader controls.
    //
    //Troy Blank 2006
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    //VARIBALES
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public var loadBar_mov:MovieClip;
    private var display_txt:MovieClip;
    private var displayType:String;
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    //PARAMETERS
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //myMc ++ The instance name use to refer to the movie clip on the stage to act as a load bar
    //myDT ++ The instance name used for the text box to display the custom text
    //myDTy ++ Used to determine what type of custom display goes into text instance
    //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    public function defaultTB(myMc:MovieClip, myDT:MovieClip, myDTy:String) {
        Stage.showMenu = false;
        Stage.scaleMode = "noScale";
        Stage.align = "TL";
        loadBar_mov = myMc;
        display_txt = myDT;
        displayType = myDTy;
        monitorLoad();
    }
    private function monitorLoad():Void {
        trace(loadBar_mov);
        _root.createEmptyMovieClip("preLoader_mov", 501);
        _root.preLoader_mov.onEnterFrame = function() {
            trace(loadBar_mov);
            var theBytesLoaded = Math.round(_root.getBytesLoaded());
            var theBytesTotal = Math.round(_root.getBytesTotal());
            var getPercent = theBytesLoaded/theBytesTotal;
            if (loadBar_mov != undefined) {
                loadBar_mov._xscale = getPercent*100;
            }
            if (theBytesLoaded == theBytesTotal) {
                gotoAndPlay(2);
                removeMovieClip("preLoader_mov");
            }
        };
    }
}