# Accessing mc functions from the root

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-mc-functions-from-the-root/296873>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 22, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-mc-functions-from-the-root/296873 "2009-09-22T06:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![noelma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@noelma](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noelma)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-mc-functions-from-the-root/296873/1 "2009-09-22T06:18:50Z")

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Hi everybody;

How can i access a function that is in a movieclip from the root?

i’ve tried these :

mcName.functionName();  
MoviClip(mcName).functionName();

but all of them didn’t work at all.