# Accessing a mc in stage

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mc-in-stage/243868>\
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**Created:** [November 12, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mc-in-stage/243868 "2007-11-12T02:29:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![OMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@OMG](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/OMG)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-a-mc-in-stage/243868/1 "2007-11-12T02:29:28Z")

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hi  
I created a sprite called “pt” and traced it using “trace(stage.pt)”, but it returns “access of possibly undefined property pt through a reference blah blah…”

so I removed the stage part and it still returns a similar error, what should I use then?  
this AS3 thing is way more complicated than I thought…