# Button control over main/sub timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control-over-main-sub-timeline/114731>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 1, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control-over-main-sub-timeline/114731 "2004-07-01T06:36:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![new\_bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/6bbea6/32.png) [@new\_bird](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/new_bird)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control-over-main-sub-timeline/114731/1 "2004-07-01T06:36:06Z")

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i hav 2 scene, using button to swap in between file.  
if the button is in maintime line i can swap in between  
but my button is inside a movieclip in scene\_1.  
After i click it reload the scene\_1,  
and my script on button is

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on (release) {  
nextScene();  
}

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is it using  
\_root or  
this.(dot)  
.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-control-over-main-sub-timeline/114731/2 "2004-07-03T02:57:43Z")

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problem solve i use

on(release){  
\_root.gotoAndPlay(“SecondSceneFrameOne”)  
}

the \_root is it use to control thing in main time line?