In animate CC, How do you target a root instance named object inside a function?

[stuartf76130223]

Have a html5 canvas document.

I have an object called "brick2" in the root of an animate CC scene (with the same instance name).

Code looks like this:

function moveBrick() {

        this.brick2=0;

    }

var timer1 = setInterval(moveBrick, 100);

this.stop();

When I run the file in a browser the brick doesn't go to "0" x position. However if I write this script (putting the x position property outside the function) it all works fine:

function moveBrick() {       

    }

var timer1 = setInterval(moveBrick, 100);

this.brick.x=0;

this.stop();

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Have a real worry that is something completely obvious.

[Jon Fritz]

Moved from the Forum Lounge to the Adobe Animate CC - General  forum.

[Colin Holgate · Accepted solution]

The 'this' inside the function isn't referring to the timeline. Here's one way around that:

var self = this;

function moveBrick() {

        self.brick2=0;

    }

var timer1 = setInterval(moveBrick, 100);

this.stop();

[heavyboots]

Doesn't CreateJS specifically make a variable to track the root timeline too? exportRoot or something like that?

e.g. exportRoot.brick2.x should work globally too, if I'm recalling things right…

[stuartf76130223]

Great! that works - Thanks so much.