# Calling button within a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-button-within-a-movieclip/94546>\
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**Created:** [November 13, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-button-within-a-movieclip/94546 "2003-11-13T22:16:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![luthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@luthan](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/luthan)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-button-within-a-movieclip/94546/1 "2003-11-13T22:16:09Z")

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i have a movie clip called menu  
there is a button in the movie clip called button1  
how do i use that button from the main timeline  
i was guessing to do:  
menu.button1.onRelease { whatever action }  
but its not working

how would i do that  
p.s. i need to be able to run the release code in the main timeline, not the button’s timeline

thanks