ActionScript 3.0 :: Flex Accessing Timeline Of A Container
Apr 21, 2009
I don't understand how to access Timeline of a container correctly, if its nested in another Container etc for Menu buttons:
on main stage:
MovieClip Products_mc , subContainer
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var dMenu:MovieClip = new SPC();
[Code].....
How can I access the SPC's TimeLine (its a MovieClip) I have tried getchildByName,by Index, saying its MovieClip works only for questioning the parameters of the parameters etc, but it will not get to the TimeLine
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