# Actionscript 3, addChild from library then access it’s children by instance names

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-addchild-from-library-then-access-it-s-children-by-instance-names/297094
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 25, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-addchild-from-library-then-access-it-s-children-by-instance-names/297094 "2009-09-25T13:31:00Z")
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### Author: ![iomega\_zippy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5fc32e/32.png) [@iomega\_zippy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iomega_zippy)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/actionscript-3-addchild-from-library-then-access-it-s-children-by-instance-names/297094/1 "2009-09-25T13:31:00Z")

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So I successfully added a movie clip from the library using addChild(), but now I want to access some movieclips that were in that dynamically added movieclip.

I’ve used standard dot notation and also getChildByName passing it the instance names.

What am I missing here?