_root mc access via external swf?

programming flash
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i have an external swf loaded into a empty mc on the main timeline
and i am needing to target a specific frame of another mc on the main timeline
from a specific frame in the external swf.
current code:

_root.list.gotoAndStop(31);

list being the instance of the other mc on the main timeline …
what am i doing wrong …?
thanks in advance…

2

I don’t think there is a problem with the code, it looks correct. I’d start looking for a different problem. I’ll take a look if you want to post the .fla file.

3

your missing the instance name of the empty movieclip thats why its not working it should look something like this

_root.instancenamehere.list.gotoAndStop(31);

4

I thought ‘list’ was the instance name of the Empty MC, and he already has that in the code. Maybe I’m not understanding. Did grim Death’s advice work sky_vault?

5

copy and paste your code so we can see what instance name your defining for the emptymovieclip

6

let me clarify a bit what im trying to do here
on the main timeline sits a mc instance of list
i am loading external swfs into a container clip into the maintimeline
and with each different loaded swf i am trying to access a specific frame
in the list mc that is already on the maintimeline
so i hope that clears it up some

this action is just sitting in a early frame of each external swf to move the list mc
to correct frame and i have played with the _root and _parent var with no success

7

the instance of the empty clip is container
the instance of the mc im trying to access is list

8

thanks for the effort boys but it is not working …
and the material in the project is release date sensitive stuff or i would
post up the fla’s. thanks again it looks like im on my own on this one.