Parent calling child function

Hi,
May i know how to call child function(layer 2) in parent(layer 1)?
Layer 1 (Parent)
function changeAction():void{
changeColor();
This method will give me the error -> Call to a possibly undefined method changeColor.
Layer 2 (Child)
function changeColor():void{
trace("success");
Thanks.

You will need to assign an instance name to the child or have some reference to it for targeting it. If you named the child "child1", then the parent function would be more like...
function changeAction():void{
child1.changeColor();

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