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Ok, I'm not sure if I understand what you are asking. Do you mean like stopping the MovieClip from the main timeline?

//Create the movieclip
var mov:MyClip = new MyClip();
//This is the code that stops the movieclip.
mov.stop();
//add that **** to the stage
addChild(mov);

i think he's referring to the children of the Class instance - if so you use something like:

public function stopAll():void {
for( var i:int=0; i<numChildren; i++ ) {
getChildAt(i).stop();
}
}

above assumes that this is a method of the Class instance - and that all children are indeed MCs

sorry for the double post (wish there was a edit)

well I figured it out why my code wasn't working :P the Movieclip in my
library wasn't linked to the correct class...anyways thanks for the help I will show ya'll my code

What is does is whenever you create an instance of MC on the stage it will stop the Timeline for that particular instance the function with the same name as the class(the constructor function, which also the same name as my movieclip but this isn't nesecssary) runs the exact same time when an instance is made. Idk I know a little about programming, still kinda new to Flash and AS3



The Movieclip Class which is linked to the Movieclip in the Library

package
{

import flash.display.*;

public class MC extends MovieClip
{

public function MC()
{
this.stop();

}
}

}


The Document Class

package
{
import flash.display.*;

public class Main extends MovieClip
{

public function Main()
{
var mcInstance: MC= new MC();
mcInstance.x = 100;
mcInstance.y = 100;
addChild(mcInstance);
}
}
}

LOL - yup i was wrong there :P

quick note though: if you want to be able to contact your MC instance again from the document class (or elsewhere) you may want to move the property declaration (var) outside of the Document Class constructor - that way you store a reference to the object which you can use down the road - for instance:

package {
import flash.display.*;

public class Main extends MovieClip {

public var hero:MovieClip;

public function Main():void {
hero = new Hero();
addChild( hero );
}

public function quit():void {
removeChild( hero );
}

}
}