Question

I need to create a global function in a .fla file. I understand I should put it in _root.

I’m having trouble finding how to edit _root in Flash Pro CS 5.5.

Sorry by the naive question.

Answer 1

This is a bad idea, global functions pollute the global scope, make for unextendable and unscalable code that does not play nice with other code.

That said, inn actionscript 2 the following should work:

_root.myFunctionName = function(){
    trace("do whatever here");
    //your actions
};

// you can now call _root.myFunctionName;