You can use action script to access component functions or variables. Here is a list of functions you can use:

FUNCTIONS 
- updateScroller():Void
- Updates slider parameters. 
- updateScroller([number{0-100}]):Void
- Updates and places slider to wanted position (number in percents). 
- getPosition():Number
- Gets position of slider (number in percents). 
- updateParameters():Void
- Updates parameters (variables you change on runtime). 
- updateParameters([enabled:Boolean]):Void
- Updates parameters (variables you change on runtime), and enables or disables component.