Get stage children movieclips by name from external script in html5 canvas

i'm trying to call a function in the root time line from an external script. this is the function :

function myFunction(){ this.mc.gotoAndStop(1); }

how can i call it from an external script in the html file?

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Correct answer ClayUUID

Err, okay. It doesn't matter much at all what the function does, the way you call it will be the same regardless.

To make a function visible to external code, you have to assign it as a property of its container object. So you'd do this in the root timeline:

this.myFunction = function(){ this.mc.gotoAndStop(1); }

Then call it from your external code like this:

exportRoot.myFunction();

Of course, if that's literally all this function will ever do, you could just skip the function and do it directly from your external code:

exportRoot.mc.gotoAndStop(1);

Although there are advantages to maintaining an abstraction layer between internal and external code.

Legend

Sorry, I don't understand what calling a function in the root timeline has to do with getting stage children movieclips by name.

MB-HRAuthor

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because the function "myFunction" get a stage childern named "mc".

if i set the function in the document context i can call the function but the mc named "mc" returns null.

ClayUUIDCorrect answer