# Calling a function within a MC
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-within-a-mc/260835
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-within-a-mc/260835 "2008-05-20T13:03:45Z")
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### Author:  [@gregmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregmax)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-within-a-mc/260835/1 "2008-05-20T13:03:45Z")
Quick question, and hopefully someone has a quick answer. Is it possible to call a function that is sitting on he MainTimeline from inside a MC that is sitting on the stage? I have looked on the web and found that AS3 doesn’t use globals anymore ☹ . So I was hoping that someone here could help me think of a workaround. Thanks
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### Author:  [@gregmax](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gregmax)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-a-function-within-a-mc/260835/2 "2008-05-20T13:12:22Z")
Many apologizes… it must be too early or something, probably just me. I did some more googling and found the solution. You need to pass the MainTimeline/stage as a MovieClip
[AS]
MovieClip(parent).function\_to\_execute();
[/AS]