MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-LEARNING ACTIONSCRIPT 2.0 IN FLASH - Page 790

790 Writing Scripts for Earlier Versions of Flash Player
Using slash syntax
Slash syntax (/) was used in Flash 3 and 4 to indicate the target path of a movie clip or
variable. In slash syntax, slashes are used instead of dots and variables are preceded
with a colon, as shown in the following example:
myMovieClip/childMovieClip:myVariable
To write the same target path in dot syntax, which is supported by Flash Player 5 and later
versions, use the following syntax:
myMovieClip.childMovieClip.myVariable
Slash syntax was most commonly used with the tellTarget action, but its use is also no
longer recommended. The
with action is now preferred because it is more compatible with
dot syntax. For more information, see
tellTarget function and with
statement
in the ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference.