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Flash Lite 1.0.

instancename.variable

instancename.childinstance.variable

instancename The instance name of a movie clip.

childinstance A movie clip instance that is a child of, or nested in, another movie clip.

variable A variable on the timeline of the specified movie clip instance name.

Operator; used to navigate movie clip hierarchies to access nested (child) movie clips, variables, or properties.

The following example identifies the current value of the variable hairColor in the movie clip person_mc:

person_mc.hairColor

This is equivalent to the following slash notation syntax:

/person_mc:hairColor