Actionscript 3.0 :: Can't Seem To Get Variables To Get Parent Stage

Jun 17, 2009

I have a loaded SWF into a simple "holder" empty movieclip I have on the root stage. Inside that SWF I have two variables that have "stage.stage Height" and "stage.stageWidth" in them. If I leave them on the code and test the root movie I get this error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.So basically I can't seem to get the variables to get the parent stage. Anyway to get around that?

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