Animating through Actions Panel

Question

General Question:
How can I access Symbols on Stage so I can  Manualy code JavaScript functions to Animate them?
My goal is to code everything in the main Action panel like how ActionScript codes run the functions to animate Symbols on Stage on addEventListener()
My understanding is instead of ActionScript language, now you code with JavaScript instead in Action Panels. but my JavaScript functions or command lines doesnt work...
Scenario:
I want to relocate the SampleSymbol when a button is Clicked
Following Code is placed on CLICK trigger for a button.
sym.$("SampleSymbol").style.left = '100px';  <---This Doesnt work...
sym.$("SampleSymbol").hide() <--This works, so it means i m accessing the Symbol correctly.

Answer 1

Thanks Elaine....How about Animating then?
Lets say i would like to animate SampleSymbol to the right, The following code is placed in CLICK trigger for a button, My understanding is the best way to animate stuff is to write JS functions in Action panels,
The following line fails to animate the symbol on the stage...
moveToRight();
function moveToRight() {
sym.$("SampleSymbol").style.left = (sym.$("SampleSymbol").style.left+1)+'px';
// This code supposed to Move the object 1px to the right
setTimeout(moveToRight,20); // call function() in 20 msec
I am reading the Help menu u recommended as well...Thanks