# Access Movieclip withing child

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-withing-child/311193>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-withing-child/311193 "2010-06-29T20:42:37Z")\
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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 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-movieclip-withing-child/311193/1 "2010-06-29T20:42:37Z")

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Howdi,

This is probably super simple, but for me… not!  
I am loading external swf into my main swf.

How do I access a movieclip within a child. This is my code:

function loadFolio (event:MouseEvent) :void{  
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“folio.swf”);  
contentLoad.load(request);  
addChildAt(contentLoad,1);

in the folio.swf, there is a menu\_mc which I need to access from the main.swf.

I tried with contentLoad.menu\_mc.x=100; but it did not work.

Anyone got any clue. MANY THANX