Absolute and relative paths in Actionscript 1

[mancroft]

_root.placeholder3.square1.button1._visible = false;

turns off the visibility of a button.

The problem is this:

When developing the code, I use:

_root.square1.button1._visible = false;

because i need to be able to see what is happening as i go along BUT

the final .swf file goes into an empty placeholder movie clip called placeholder3 so i have to change the code to:

_root.placeholder3.square1.button1._visible = false;

This I understand.

How do i use _ parent and/or this to create relative paths so i don't have to muck about changing the code?

 

[oldnewbie]

You could check:

About absolute and relative target paths in the MX AS dictionary. It's fairly well explained.

Or this:

http://sdc.shockwave.com/support/flash/action_scripts/nesting_movies/nesting_movies05.html

But the AS dictionary description is better. Regards,