# Addressing buttons within attached mc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-buttons-within-attached-mc/70078>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 10, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-buttons-within-attached-mc/70078 "2004-11-10T14:16:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebjo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@sebjo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sebjo)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addressing-buttons-within-attached-mc/70078/1 "2004-11-10T14:16:26Z")

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HI

after creating buttons placed within a mc and placing the mc on stage using the attach movie AS command I want to address the buttons from the main timeline.  
The buttons however don’t show up when trying to insert their path with the path tool.

How do I go about??

SEb