# Buttons in movie clips controlling main timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movie-clips-controlling-main-timeline/60063>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 6, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movie-clips-controlling-main-timeline/60063 "2004-08-06T02:12:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mystique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mystique](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mystique)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movie-clips-controlling-main-timeline/60063/1 "2004-08-06T02:12:50Z")

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Greetings

Ive been having problems getting buttons within a movie clip to control the main timeline and switch scenes. Ive tried everything from \_root.gotoAndPlay to with(\_parent) and such. If anyone has any tutorials or hot fixes for this please post.

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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:** [August 6, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-in-movie-clips-controlling-main-timeline/60063/2 "2004-08-06T04:18:18Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54499](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54499)