garr! parent issue in as3!

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hi guys!

i know this has been covered a million times but im running into troubles repositioning a movie clip in as3

i have an mc that has this code on the timeline at frame 50:

var xpos:Number = Math.random() * 500;

trace (xpos);

var mymc:MovieClip = MovieClip(parent); 
mymc.x = xpos;

my movieclip is called star1

how do i get this working!!? its driving me nuts!!

[martiansam]

Try

var xpos:Number = Math.random() * 500;

trace (xpos);

var mymc:MovieClip = this.parent as MovieClip
mymc.x = xpos;

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oh you rock! thank you that worked!!