# Access stage from class

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-stage-from-class/272151>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 2, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-stage-from-class/272151 "2008-10-02T14:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![adw999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@adw999](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adw999)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2008, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/access-stage-from-class/272151/1 "2008-10-02T14:09:50Z")

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Hi

I have a package, with classes, functions etc. Basically i need to tell some movieclips on the stage to be visible etc but using this.MyMCName obviously doesn’t work. How do i reference movieclips from within a class?