Help with volume slider for video player

I'm trying to set up a slider that will adjust the volume of
the video that is playing. I currently have a slider that adjusts
the progress of the video that works just fine. I set my volume
slider up the same way (as far as making it slide and the bounds
it's contained within) but it fails to actually be draggable. I
click on the slider and it disappears from view instead of allowing
me to drag it. It's been a while since I've done any AS work and
I'm struggling to figure out the problem here as everything appears
to be correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated. You can view
a demo
here.
I've attached my source code below.

Nevermind, figured it out. Problem was I'm just retarded with
math.

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Thanks NED!
that was it... I got the code below working.
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Thanks in advance, Paul.

Hospital_Apps_Monkey wrote:
we're starting to get aquainted, but I think "best friend" could take a while as it is still as hard going as I recall, but I will persevere.Heh, it's not so bad! For example, if I had no idea how to test whether a file exists, I would just scan the big list of classes on the left for names that sound like they might include File operations. Hey look, File! Then I'd look at all of File's methods for something that tests whether it exists or not. Hey, exists! Then if I still couldn't figure out how to use it, I'd do a google search on that particular method.

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