ActionScript 2.0 :: Accessing Main Timeline Variable From Within A Class?

Dec 20, 2010

I have a class, the relevant parts of which are defined as follows:

class myClass extends MovieClip {
public function myfunc() {
trace( "mainVar: " + _root.mainVar );
}
}

As you can see, I want to access the variable "mainVar", which exists in the main movie, from within the class. This works fine, if I have only one instance of the class. But, if I have more than one instance, within separate movie clips, the value of mainVar is always taken from the first instance. How do I refer to the actual instance from within the class?

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