ActionScript 2.0 :: Referencing One Element From Another?
Jul 13, 2011
I made the mistake of purchasing one of those flash template sites. I have most of it customized, however I need to flip between gallery images when the user selects the menu item. how to reference one element from another... I need the release event of the menu item (which i already have stubbed out, to trigger a tweenMenu function call... however, I don't know how to get the path of the argument to pass the object to the tweenMenu function call.
I need to make this call (in theory)
tweenMenu2(_root.gall, _root.xkoord[(_root.small-1)] );
however, the path to gall is:
_level0.instance146.gall
how i would make the above call using the correct path to gall?
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