# \_parent.\_parent didn't worked with me

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent--parent-didnt-worked-with-me/267865>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent--parent-didnt-worked-with-me/267865 "2008-08-06T15:48:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![charmander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@charmander](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/charmander)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-parent--parent-didnt-worked-with-me/267865/1 "2008-08-06T15:48:04Z")

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Hi there,  
I faced a problem when I used (\_parent.\_parent) to control the main time line from button within a movie clip within another movie clip, the full action line looks like:

> ```
> _parent._parent.gotoAndStop(2);
> 
> ```

What must I do?