referring to the variable on the main timeline from child?

[WitchXHunter]

so in as2 we can do that by using _root, but now in as3 I have no idea how to refer it it right now, I tried, root., parent.parent.children, stage, and also MovieClip(root), but it's just not tracking the variable, I also tried tracking from the root, mc.parent it say parent doesn't belong to the number variable, I've tried the same method for MC, it give me the MainTimeLine, so I also tried MainTimeLine.MC, it still doesn't work. anyone knows how? thanks.

[kglad · Accepted solution]

cast the parent or root as a movieclip:

MovieClip(parent).yourvar

or

MovieClip(root).yourvar

[WitchXHunter]

ohh I know what my problem was now. I tried to put var infront of MovieClip(root).yourvar. thanks it works now. ^^

[WitchXHunter]

what if I want to access to the movieclip that were originally on the stage?

[kglad]

with a displayobject (like a movieclip) you can always use getChildByName or getChildAt applied to the movieclip's parent:

mc_reference.parent.getChildByName(mc_reference.name); // but if you already know the reference name, just use it to access the movieclip

in addition, for objects created during authoring, you can use the dot code above (similar to as2 dot notation):

MovieClip(mc_instancename.parent).mc_instancename;