# \_x and \_y in a mc within a mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-x-and--y-in-a-mc-within-a-mc/1712>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 7, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-x-and--y-in-a-mc-within-a-mc/1712 "2002-06-07T14:08:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-x-and--y-in-a-mc-within-a-mc/1712/1 "2002-06-07T14:08:50Z")

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i would like to set the x and y cords of mc2 so that when i attachmovie it to mc1, the same top left corner pixel is the same. mc2 is longer than mc1, but they are the same width. i have tried doing mc1.mc2.\_x = mc1.\_x but then my mc2 does not appear on the stage at all. i know in attachmovie there is a place where you can set options… can you set x and y cords in there and if so how? is there a better way to handle this problem?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/-x-and--y-in-a-mc-within-a-mc/1712/2 "2002-06-07T16:15:13Z")

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nevermind. i got it figured out.