Question

Thanks for taking the time to read… here is my question/scenario, its a quick one:

I have:

Stage -> SWF Loader Root -> SWF Loader -> MovieClip -> Nested MC

From within “Nested MC”: I can only access “SWF loaders root” time line, I can’t seem to get access to the stage’s functions…

Within “Nested MC” I used:

this.parent                 <- shows "MovieClip"
this.parent.parent          <- shows "SWF Loader"
this.parent.parent.parent   <- shows "SWF Loader Root"
this.parent.parent.parent.parent <- SHOWS NULL!!!! 

Im trying to call on a function which resides on the main time line.
Is there any way to access the main timeline?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Am I missing something trivial? Im learning

Sam

Answer 1

You probably want to dispatch an event from your nested MC then listen for the event from the main timeline. Sounds like you’re a few layers deep in the display, so make sure you set “bubbles” to true.

From nested MC:

dispatchEvent(new Event("your_custom_event_name", true));

Then on the main timeline:

addEventListener("your_custom_event_name", customEventHandler);

function customEventHandler(e:Event):void {
    mainTimelineFunction();
}

function mainTimelineFunction():void {
    trace("success");
}