# \_root, \_parent and this help please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--parent-and-this-help-please/159943>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 22, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--parent-and-this-help-please/159943 "2005-08-22T05:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlexMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@AlexMac](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlexMac)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root--parent-and-this-help-please/159943/1 "2005-08-22T05:36:59Z")

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Hi Everybody

I am having some trouble with a swf inside a swf. When you click on the button CAST in index.swf I have this:

on (release) {  
\_root.theClip\_mc.loadMovie(“cast.swf”);  
}

which opens cast.swf. And it is supposed to load up a ‘gallery’ with clickable buttons:

on (release) {  
\_root.content.loadMovie(“constance.jpg”);  
}

to view each image. Now if it is played on its own, it works fine but as soon as I embed it into index.swf it stops working. Is this because I need to add \_parent or \_this anywhere…? Please help! I have tried various combos but with no success.

Thank you Forum!  
AlexMac