path issue

Hello,

I'm trying to take this chunk of code from within the following path _root.textScroller.theText and place in on the main timeline instead but i'm having trouble fixing all the paths.


ActionScript:

// this is the original script
this.createTextField("theTextBox", 1, 0, 0, _parent.textBwidth, _parent.textBheight);
theTextBox.html = true;
theTextBox.textColor = "0x000000";
theTextBox.selectable = false;
theTextBox.wordWrap = true;
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.font = "Univers";
myTextFormat.size = 10;
myTextFormat.leading = 2;
theTextBox.embedFonts = true;
loadData = new LoadVars();
loadData.load("latestNews.txt");
loadData.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
theTextBox.htmlText = loadData.theText;
theTextBox.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);
theTextBox.autosize ="center";
} else {
trace("failed");
}
};


// this is updated script that doesnt work
textScroller.theText.createTextField("theTextBox", 1, 0, 0, textScroller.textBwidth, textScroller.textBheight);
path = textScroller.theText.theTextBox;
path.html = true;
path.textColor = "0x000000";
path.selectable = false;
path.wordWrap = true;
myTextFormat = new TextFormat();
myTextFormat.font = "Univers";
myTextFormat.size = 10;
myTextFormat.leading = 2;
path.embedFonts = true;
loadData = new LoadVars();
loadData.load("latestNews.txt");
loadData.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
path.htmlText = loadData.textScroller.theText;
path.setTextFormat(myTextFormat);
path.autosize ="center";
} else {
trace("failed");
}
};