_parent..._root..and this!!

hi,
any tutorials on using _ parent.._root..global...
Could you please tell me somethin about these terms?
thanks

if you prefix anything by _root. whatever follows applies to the main timeline (an important thing to remember is if you use _root in a movie loaded into a movie clip, _root. will target the main timeline of the movie the file is loaded into and no longer it's own main timeline) so for example,

_root.gotoAndPlay("framelabel");

sends the main timeline to play the frame "framelabel"

_root.getBytesLoaded();

finds the bytes loaded in the main timeline.

_parent can be used in the same way as _root except instead of going back to the main timeline it targets the timeline containing the movie clip with the action in. (so if you have a movie clip placed on the main timeline within that clip, _root and _parent will both target the main timeline)

for example

_parent.stop();

_parent._parent._parent.play();

you can string together sequences of _parent's to navigate back through multiple nested clips.

this means the current timeline,

this.gotoAndPlay(2);

would send the current timeline to play frame 2.

_global is an object, it can be used to hold variables so they are available to any timeline within the movie. for example,

_global.bestWebsite = "flashkit";

now from any movie clip in that movie you can use

trace(bestWebsite); // this will display flashkit

Great explanation

Thanks