# \_root reference problem with loadMovieNum()

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-reference-problem-with-loadmovienum/237119>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 27, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-reference-problem-with-loadmovienum/237119 "2007-08-27T14:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![namkavenia](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/namkavenia/32/3367_2.png) [@namkavenia](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/namkavenia)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-root-reference-problem-with-loadmovienum/237119/1 "2007-08-27T14:42:00Z")

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I don’t seem to be able to reach \_root from within the timeline of a swf I loaded with loadMovieNum. I’ve read everywhere that a \_root reference is supposed to go directly to the core \_root when loaded into another swf. help?

The reason I need this is because I’m trying to call a function in \_root everytime a loaded clip ends