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I'm attempting to attach Flash's UIScrollbar component to a movie clip so I can scroll graphics, pdf links and a series of flv files. I know how to attach the scrollbar to a dynamic text field (drag and drop) and have tried similar processes with the mc but no luck. I feel like it's not as simple as "drag and drop" and that the mc itself needs to have it's x and y's defined and then have script associated (note I'm using as3) but I'm lost. Suggestions?

Yes, a compiler error comes up when I try to assign scrollTarget to this
specific movie clip.
For a quick fix...while I'm trying to work this out...is there a way to
attach flash's UIScrollbar component to a movie clip. I've used it for
dynamic text fields but haven't been successful attaching it to an mc.

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