_root, _parent, _level

[djh]

Hi,

Does anyone have a reference on what _root, _parent, and _level in Flash MX means?

I'm having trouble calling objects in certain embedded swfs....

Quick explanations??

[freddydoesphp]

_root refers to the root timeline of the movie. _parent refers to the object that the calling object lives in. For example movie clip foo lives on the root timeline. _parent from within foo refers to root.


_level refers to the level where a movie resides. Most of the time a movie will live on _level0. If you use loadMovieNum and specify say 3 for the level to load into. Then you could reference the loaded movie as _level3.whatever.


Is that quick enough?

[freddydoesphp]

Do you have a specific problem?

[djh]

Hey Freddy,

so is depth the same as level?

[freddydoesphp]

Hey Freddy,

so is depth the same as level?

No they are not the same. Each level has it owns depths. Depth refers to movie clips. A level could have an n number of movie clips.

[djh]

Hey Freddy,

are you busy right now? I'm completely stuck on this dang file. Do you have time to taka look?

[freddydoesphp]

Sure send it to louie@irq11.com