What is the use of .this in the following actionscript code for a preloader for flash?

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Mohit

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stop();

this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoading);
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);

function onLoading(evt:ProgressEvent):void {
var loaded:Number = evt.bytesLoaded / evt.bytesTotal;
percent_txt.text = (loaded*100).toFixed(0) + "%";
};

function onComplete(event:Event):void {
this.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoading);
this.loaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
gotoAndStop(2);
};

according to me if there was a large image or a movie clip on frame no 2, this should be replaced by the instance names of these objects , why has .this been used?
 
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