# Button referencing?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-referencing/238828>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 15, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-referencing/238828 "2007-09-15T21:59:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivanwright](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ivanwright/32/119_2.png) [@ivanwright](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ivanwright)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/button-referencing/238828/1 "2007-09-15T21:59:33Z")

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how do you reference a button (or movieclip) that exists on the main stage of an external swf that was loaded into a movieclip of the parent movie?

does that make sense?

thanks!