# Access a child of a child's stage?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-child-of-a-childs-stage/310469>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 10, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-child-of-a-childs-stage/310469 "2010-06-10T19:31:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikaelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mikaelf](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mikaelf)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-a-child-of-a-childs-stage/310469/1 "2010-06-10T19:31:55Z")

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Hi All,  
I am a newbe to AS3 so pls be patient.

I have a mainSwf in which I load an external swf, which loads an external swf.  
( a child of a child). I am trying to set the framerate via AS3 for the childs child by using stage.frameRate= 15;

It doesnt work when the children are loaded into the mainSwf. Any Idea how to access the stage of a child’s child?  
I have tried root, Movieclip, this but can not get it to work

Thankfull for all help

Many thanx