# Attached MC instance names disappear

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attached-mc-instance-names-disappear/262362>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 5, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attached-mc-instance-names-disappear/262362 "2008-06-05T12:33:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![RummeR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/rummer/32/1825_2.png) [@RummeR](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RummeR)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attached-mc-instance-names-disappear/262362/1 "2008-06-05T12:33:58Z")

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I have a small problem over here. I’ve attach an MC with attachMovie() and the instance names that were inside of that MC disappeared.

```auto
getWinLogin.onRelease = function() {
	zona.createEmptyMovieClip("winLogin", getNextHighestDepth());
	zona.attachMovie("winLogin2", "winLogin", getNextHighestDepth());
}
zona.winLogin.login.onRelease = function() {
	trace(zona.winLogin.fieldUser);
}

```

Any ideas what the problem is?

Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![pantas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@pantas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/pantas)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attached-mc-instance-names-disappear/262362/2 "2008-06-05T14:37:16Z")

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```auto
getWinLogin.onRelease = function() {
    zona.createEmptyMovieClip("emptyClip", zona.getNextHighestDepth());
    zona.emptyClip.attachMovie("winLogin2", "winLogin", zona.emptyClip.getNextHighestDepth());
}
zona.emtyClip.winLogin.login.onRelease = function() {
    trace(zona.emtyClip.winLogin.fieldUser);
}

```

you forgot that the winLogin was inside the emptyMovieClip you created