flash-cs5

I have to call a function that is defined on the main stage of my project, and I have to call it from a MovieClip, what can I do? I'm using flash cs5.5 and AS3.0 There are multiple ways to access the MainTimeline from objects on the stage. Probably the most reliable is 'root', but there is also 'parent' (but only if you MovieClip is a direct child of the main timeline). // root should always work Object(root).myFunc(); // parent will only work if your movieclip is a direct child of the main timeline Object(parent).myFunc(); Note that you have to cast these are generic Objects (or MovieClip

My flash applications is little bit big, so i want to embed a preloader in my application, So can anyone please tell me how to create a preloader in new 'Scene' and load another scene in after preloading completed? Thanks in Advance! Update: Option 1. Flash IDE, one swf file To have an embedded preloader when compiling with Flash IDE, you should move your Document Class code to 2nd frame of your FLA file (without package and class constructor, of course), and remove Document Class .as file from project properties. In the first frame you should place such code: stop(); // stops the timeline at