/ (Forward slash)

Availability

Flash Lite 1.0

Usage

/

/targetPath

/:varName

Description

Identifier; specifies or returns a reference to the main movie timeline. The functionality provided by this property is similar to that provided by the _root property in Flash 5.

Example

To specify a variable on a timeline, use slash syntax (/) combined with the colon (:).

Example 1: The car variable on the main Timeline:

/:car

Example 2: The car variable in the movie clip instance mc1 that resides on the main Timeline:

/mc1/:car

Example 3: The car variable in the movie clip instance mc2 nested in the movie clip instance mc1 that resides on the main Timeline:

/mc1/mc2/:car

Example 4: The car variable in the movie clip instance mc2 that resides on the current Timeline:

mc2/:car