# Button inside movie... movie is on main timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629>\
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**Created:** [May 24, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629 "2003-05-24T02:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![somberlain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@somberlain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/somberlain)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629/1 "2003-05-24T02:23:17Z")

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Hey all, I have this question that a lot of people have asked, but I never found an answer to this question.

I have a button, and that button is inside a movie clip, and this movie clip is on my main timeline. How can I reach the button?

Thanks and kind regards…

Somberlain

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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:** [May 24, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629/2 "2003-05-24T02:26:26Z")

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[AS]\_root.myMC.myButton[/AS]

That would be the path to that button.

“myMC” would be the instance name of the movieclip containing your button and “myButton” would be the instance name of your button.

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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:** [May 24, 2003, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629/3 "2003-05-24T10:32:29Z")

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Yes, I could use that together with an ‘on event’ handler… But the problem is, that my buttons are IN my movie, and I can’t see the buttons. Anyone else has some good advice?

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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:** [May 24, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-inside-movie-movie-is-on-main-timeline/21629/4 "2003-05-24T12:37:59Z")

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make sure the movie that contains the buttons is the same dimension in pixels as the main movie maybe thats why you cannot see your buttons 😉