Simple script tip please

Folks,
Lets say a button in my page works correctly with this path:
../../index.html
How do I change that path in action script when the button is
incorporated into a movie clip nav bar?
MeanIng, now the button is buried one level deeper in the fla
into the movie clip.
Thanks you for any advice!

there's not _root required for targetting a html file. you
should probably explain exactly what you're doing instead of trying
to extract what you think is important.
for example, show the code (using that attach code option)
you are using to atarget that html file. are you using getURL() to
target your html file?

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Could someone please write me a simple script that would do this?
Edit I found this and its very close to what I need:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
for(var i = 0 ; i < doc.layers.length;i++){
doc.layers[i].visible = (i % 2 == 0);
From here : Function to show/hide layer with Photoshop script (JSX) - Stack Overflow
In my case I would rewrite it to this
for(var i = 62; i >=0; i--){
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My problem is I just need to traverse the layers in my layerset "Analyze"
How do I reference just those? Is there a doc.layersets["Analyze"].layers[i].visible = TRUE?
Message was edited by: Shawn Laughlin To add more information

Well this works:
var doc = app.activeDocument;
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for(var i = 62 ; i >= 0; i --){
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Please help me to write a simple script.

I wonder to tell a application named "Alien BBS", to input "right key" then wait for 5 seconds to input "left key".
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input ?
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Message was edited by: mcguirek
Message was edited by: mcguirek

You need to include the actual backup volume name and home folder name where backupvolume, username, and user are. If the backup volume name contains spaces or other special characters, precede them with backslashes or put the whole path in single quotes.
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set tipo_situa_solic = 'E', desc_obs_atendente = 'ACERTO DE BASE -
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and dthora_geracao < '07/10/2004'
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[click on image to enlarge]
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Thank you for your message.
In relation to your comment:
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Steve
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#!/bin/zsh/
#start psi, never stop
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EDIT: I had no idea where to put this, so I put it into Desktop Env since I'm trying to start a graphical app, but feel free to move it.
EDIT: Yea, I was being a little dense.

smoon wrote:Not sure if that's the problem, but try removing the trailing / (slash) from your script's shebang.
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