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_parent
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
_parent.property
_parent._parent.property
Description
Property; specifies or returns a reference to the movie clip or object that contains the current movie clip or object. The current object is the object containing the ActionScript code that references _parent
. Use _parent
to specify a relative path to movie clips or objects that are above the current movie clip or object.
Example
In the following example, the movie clip desk
is a child of the movie clip classroom
. When the script below executes inside the movie clip desk
, the playhead will jump to Frame 10 in the Timeline of the movie clip classroom
.
_parent.gotoAndStop(10);
See also
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