# Blindly getting the names of movieclips on root

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blindly-getting-the-names-of-movieclips-on-root/295729>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 3, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blindly-getting-the-names-of-movieclips-on-root/295729 "2009-09-03T15:50:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![bushman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@bushman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bushman)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/blindly-getting-the-names-of-movieclips-on-root/295729/1 "2009-09-03T15:50:42Z")

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Hello,

I have been struggling with the following scenario.

I have two movieclips on stage.

mcPlayMovie and mcMainClip

I use the getURL to dynamically load a movieclip (childMovie.swf) into mcPlayMovie.

I am trying to access mcMainClip from this embedded mc in mcPlayMovie.

from the as code in childMovie.swf, I try to call this.root.mcMainClip.SetValue();

However, it says that mcMainClip is not valid.

So how can I access this mc sitting on the stage from an embedded mc?

I am using CS4, AS3.

Thank you all!