ActionScript 2.0 :: Using A Variable To Reference An Object?

Mar 2, 2004

I desperately hoping someone can shed light on my problem. I am trying to reference a movieclip with a variable. I've done it before but in loops reading from xmlobjects but cannot get it to work in the most simplist way....??ar i = 0;_root.movie[i]._visible=0;

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