Functions on a timeline

So i have some bars that move up and down randomly when a
song is being played. the bars movieclip is located at
_root.iphone.body.bars
i have a mute button that makes all the bars go to height 0
and stop the music
the button for that is located
_root.iphone.body.mute
the actions for the function to make the bars move (function
heightt() ) is on the bars movieclip timeline
the actions for the function to make the onRelease of the
mute button is also inside the bars movieclip timeline
the actions to make a song play when u click a song button
are located on _root.iphone
so what i want to do is access function heightt() when u
click one of the song buttons.
so far i have
song1_btn.onRelease = function() {
body.bars.heightt();
that makes the bars move from their 0 height, but they dont
animate.
why?
here is the function to make the bars move
myInterval = setInterval(heightt, 200);
function heightt() {
for (i=1; i<=5; i++) {
set("newHeight"+i, Math.floor(Math.random()*57));
var motion:Object = new Tween(eval("b"+i), "_height",
Strong.easeOut, eval("b"+i)._height, eval("newHeight"+i), .2,
true);
so i want to call that function from clicking the music
buttons, but i cant seem to get it right cuz they are on different
timelines, or maybe it has to do with the interval, im not
sure.

Write this function in your iphone.body.bars mc.
function callHeight() {
myInterval = setInterval(heightt, 200);
Write this function in your iphone mc.
song1_btn.onRelease = function() {
body.bars.callHeight();
This is what you required?
If not, try to send the .fla file to my id. I'll try to fix.
My id is
[email protected]

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>
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