Public static function

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i’m trying to target a function in one class from another. i’m able to call the function using(public static function imagecount()) but i can’t a variable out side of that function. when i do i get this error:

1120: Access of undefined property _imagecount.

so below from call ‘person’ i want to call fucntion ‘imagecount’ in class ‘model’. the call works but when i try and define a variable in class ‘model’ that is incremented in the ‘imagecount’ function i get the above error. any idea how i can do this. it seem that my function has to be of type public static to be accessed from the other class.

///////////////// model class

package com.model
{

import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.display.*;
      
public class Model extends EventDispatcher
{
    public var _imagecount:int=0;
      
    public function Model(){}
    

    
    public static function imagecount():void{

        _imagecount=_imagecount+1;
        //trace("imagecount");
    }

}

///////////////// person class

package com.person
{

import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;



import com.model.*;


public class Person extends Sprite
{

      private function onImageLoad(e:Event):void{
        
        
        _mediaLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onImageLoad);
                    
        var image:Bitmap = Bitmap(_mediaLoader.getLoadedData());
          _imageContainer.addChild(image);
        
        Model.imagecount();   ////here i'm calling the function trying to add to the count number.

}

}