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_root
Availability
Flash Player 4.
Usage
_root.movieClip
_root.
action
_root.property
Parameters
movieClip
The instance name of a movie clip.
action
An action or method.
property
A property of the MovieClip object.
Description
Property; specifies or returns a reference to the root movie Timeline. If a movie has multiple levels, the root movie Timeline is on the level containing the currently executing script. For example, if a script in level 1 evaluates _root
, _level1
is returned.
Specifying _root
is the same as using the slash notation (/
) to specify an absolute path within the current level.
Example
The following example stops the Timeline of the level containing the currently executing script:
_root.stop();
The following example sends the Timeline in the current level to frame 3:
_root.gotoAndStop(3);
See also
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