Access the main time line function

Hi all,
In as2 we can use _root to access the main timeline function from the inside some movieclip or button.
In as3 how to access the main timeline function from inside the movieclip or button.can any one please tell me.

"root" is the AS3 equivalent, but using it alone will often not wortk. You more often need to cast it as some form of object before the compiler will recognize it. Using "MovieClip(root)" will usually do the trick.

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I have a labeled section on main time line which has icons of 12 different videos. Each icon acts as a button and brings a user to a labeled section with a FLV Video Playback component impemented to play the corresponding video. These labeled sections are located on the main time.
This methog makes my main time line very long. Is there a way to make an additional MC which will hold all the video buttons and then have this MC separated into labeled sections.
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Oh, WOW! It is working perfectly now.
My mistake was that I was specifiying the var sourceVar:String;
for every single button. It was not clear to me from the first example that it has to be specified only once.
I made a small test Flash file and everything works now. It still doesn't work on my big flash file, I guess some other code messes it up and I can' not figure what it is exactly.
I would like to include the OUTPUT error message in hopes that you can spot right away what a mistake could be:
VideoError: 1000: Unable to make connection to server or to find FLV on server
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          at acolyteVideos_fla::mainsite_mc_2/stopF2()[acolyteVideos_fla.mainsite_mc_2::frame484:21]
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Additiona question (please let me know if I should paste it as a new thread)
I have similar set up with UILoader. Where different buttons set up to bring a user to individual labeled sections with individual UILoader. Should it be arranged in the same way that it is only one loader and "var sourceVar:String;" code is the one which brings up different content for each button?

How do I acces a var from the main time line in to a movieclip?

I'm making a quiz-type animation, since I'm new with ActionScript I had developed my own way to make this work.
I want to add like a meter that shows one out three position depending on the answer given, I had made this animation as a movieclip but now I need it to react according to the answer, so it changes on every question to do that I need to access the variables I'm using in the main time line, how can I access the the main time line variables from the movie clip?
The movie clip (meter) is basically the background and the questions will change and advance on top of that movie clip so it'll change with each answer until you get the final result.
Since I cant attached my FLA file here I could email my it to whom may want to help me, THANK YOU!!!

I kinda of make it work using what you suggested: var meterVar = MovieClip(this.root).userAnswer;, but I have different problems now I'm getting this error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
     at divameter2_fla::MovieClip_1/frame1() and the meter movieclip only change from the original position to the second and stays there even if the first answer supose to sent it to the third or four position. here is the code for the main and movie clip:
Main:
The following code I have it in separate frames, I know is probbably not the best way to do it but I'm new with AS.
Frame 1:
stop();
messageBox.text = "";
var userAnswer:int;
var rbg:Object = rbA.group;
var finalScore:int;
btnCheck.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtn);
function nextBtn(evt:MouseEvent):void {
             userAnswer = int(rbg.selectedData);
             if(userAnswer == 0) {messageBox.text = "Please select an option";
             }else{
                 finalScore = userAnswer;
                 gotoAndPlay(2);
Frame 2:
stop();
messageBox.text = "";
var rbbg:Object = rbbA.group;
btnCheckTwo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnTwo);
function nextBtnTwo (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             userAnswer = int(rbbg.selectedData);
             if(userAnswer == 0) {messageBox.text = "Please select an option";
             }else{
                 finalScore = finalScore + userAnswer;
                 gotoAndPlay(3);
Frame 3:
stop();
messageBox.text = "";
var rbcg:Object = rbcA.group;
btnCheckThree.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnThree);
function nextBtnThree (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             userAnswer = int(rbcg.selectedData);
             if(userAnswer == 0) {messageBox.text = "Please select an option";
             }else{
                 finalScore = finalScore + userAnswer;
                 gotoAndPlay(4);
Frame 4:
stop();
messageBox.text = "";
var rbdg:Object = rbdA.group;
btnCheckFour.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnFour);
function nextBtnFour (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             userAnswer = int(rbdg.selectedData);
             if(userAnswer == 0) {messageBox.text = "Please select an option";
             }else{
                 finalScore = finalScore + userAnswer;
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Frame 5:
stop();
messageBox.text = "";
var rbeg:Object = rbeA.group;
btnCheckFinish.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, finishBtn);
function finishBtn (evt:MouseEvent):void {
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             }else{
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                 if (finalScore > 9) gotoAndPlay(7);
                 if (finalScore > 13) gotoAndPlay(8);
The las theree frames are the 3 different results and the code they have is only a stop();
The following is the movieclip code:
stop();
var meterVar = MovieClip(this.root).userAnswer;
var btnCheck = MovieClip(this.root).btnCheck;
var btnCheckTwo = MovieClip(this.root).btnCheckTwo;
var btnCheckThree = MovieClip(this.root).btnCheckThree;
var btnCheckFour = MovieClip(this.root).btnCheckFour;
btnCheck.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtn);
     function nextBtn (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             if (meterVar == 1) {gotoAndPlay(2);
                 if (meterVar == 2) gotoAndPlay(3);
                 if (meterVar == 3) gotoAndPlay(4);
             }else{ gotoAndPlay (1);
btnCheckTwo.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnTwo);
     function nextBtnTwo (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             if (meterVar == 1) {gotoAndPlay(2);
                 if (meterVar == 2) gotoAndPlay(3);
                 if (meterVar == 3) gotoAndPlay(4);
             }else{ gotoAndPlay (1);
btnCheckThree.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnThree);
     function nextBtnThree (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             if (meterVar == 1) {gotoAndPlay(2);
                 if (meterVar == 2) gotoAndPlay(3);
                 if (meterVar == 3) gotoAndPlay(4);
             }else{ gotoAndPlay (1);
btnCheckFour.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, nextBtnFour);
     function nextBtnFour (evt:MouseEvent):void {
             if (meterVar == 1) {gotoAndPlay(2);
                 if (meterVar == 2) gotoAndPlay(3);
                 if (meterVar == 3) gotoAndPlay(4);
             }else{ gotoAndPlay (1);
I had attached the almost working FWS file

Controlling the main time line of a movie via a button within a movie on a different level.

Hi there!
I have two movie is two different levels,
Level 5 is my base movie and I am loading another movie on
top of this into level 10.
Once the user clicks onto a button within the movie on level
10, I would like the animation in level 5 to stop (the animation
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midi_ie wrote:
> Hi there!
> I have two movie is two different levels,
> Level 5 is my base movie and I am loading another movie
on top of this into
> level 10.
> Once the user clicks onto a button within the movie on
level 10, I would like
> the animation in level 5 to stop (the animation runs on
the main root timeline
> of level 5).
>
> Once the user clicks on a different button within the
movie on level 10, I
> would like the animation on the main timeline of the
movie in level 5 to start
> again from the point where it previously left off.
> Is this possible?
_level5.gotoAndPlay("someLabelframe");
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Pretty much it :)
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1180: Call to a possibly undefined method addFrameScript.
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Actually i wirte the simple code of generating multiple symbols on the stage in a seaprete class file, than i embed it like this:
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(code)
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In my real project, each instance draws itself via drawRect and then put into a sprite and added to the main timeline. Then within the event function (where it traces the maintimelines current frame) I need all of the sprites to be removed when the main timeline gets to a certain frame#. I know... confusing...
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(code)
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I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
I am now removed
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