_root.nextFrame(); in AS3

[wkirklutz-dI9Xvv]

How I wish there was a book written in layman's terms for AS3 I have great dictionary for AS2 wish there was an AS3 equivalent.

I know that _root is dead in AS3.

I have a movieClip called "mcClimber" which is inside a movieClip called "mcMountain04". The climber mountain clip has a bone tween of a guy doing a climbing motion.

When it hits frame 40 in mcClimber, I want it to tell mcMountain04 to go to the nextFrame.

That's all.

Why is this so difficult in AS3?

I've looked at the online Adobe literature and it's so poorly written for laymen my eyes glaze over and I end up looking elsewhere.

I have tried this: MovieClip(parent).mcMountain04.nextFrame();

But I get an error saying MovieClip is not a function.

-Kirk

[wkirklutz-dI9Xvv]

Found this and it works:

MovieClip(parent).nextFrame();

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

MovieClip(root) is also an option.

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