_root.getBytesLoaded

[tyberius7]

Can anyone tell me what the _root. means?

It sounds silly but I don't understand it and Flash Help is useless.

[11111]

_root means the main timeline of your movie

example

_root.play(); - will paly main movie timeline

_root.movieclipone.play(); - will play a movieclip on the main timeline that is named movieclipone

_root.movieclipone.moviecliptwo.play(); - will play the timeline of the movieclip called moviecliptwo, which is inside a movieclip called movieclipone, which is on the main timeline.

hope thats clear?