# Calling frame labels from another instance
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 6, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940 "2003-02-06T14:02:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@globe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/globe)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/1 "2003-02-06T14:02:01Z")
What I’m trying to do is, when I click either ENGLISH or CHINESE (buttons), the frame label “credit” will play, and the animation will continue.
However, I just can’t get it to work. Is it because they are in different instances?
[download the fla here](http://sg.geocities.com/xiaoken_sg/home.fla)
☹
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/2 "2003-02-06T14:08:59Z")
use [color=red]\_parent.gotoAndPlay(“credits”)[/color] 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/3 "2003-02-06T14:27:40Z")
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/4 "2003-02-06T14:29:08Z")
no problem =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/5 "2003-02-06T14:37:17Z")
I have a qn. Hope you don’t mind.
What if I was trying to call an animation from another instance NOT linked with the call (lang\_text not nested within low\_box).
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/6 "2003-02-06T14:50:58Z")
just to avoid any confusions … try to target the movie clip you want to play with the absolute path
for example:
i told you to use \_parent.gotoAndPlay(“credits”)
but it would work also if you use \_root.low\_box.gotoAndPlay(“credits”) [size=1][just remember the instance name because you don’t have it in the file i’ve downloaded][/size]
so if you have any problems targetting some movie clip, frame or anything try the absolute path and it should work
hope it helps 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/7 "2003-02-06T15:14:21Z")
I’m sorry, I don’t quite get what you mean by
[just remember the instance name because you don’t have it in the file i’ve downloaded]
I changed
```auto
on (release) {
_parent.gotoAndPlay("credits");
}
```
to
```auto
on (release) {
_root.low_box.gotoAndPlay("credits");
}
```
and it doesn’t work anymore. I think I’ve misunderstood your statement.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/8 "2003-02-06T15:21:15Z")
Oh wait. I got it.
I was confusing instance with the library items.:beam:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/calling-frame-labels-from-another-instance/12940/9 "2003-02-06T15:22:35Z")
yep … it doesn’t work because low\_box doesn’t have a instance name
select low\_box and open the properties panel
you’ll see a little input field with the _instance name_ statement
here’s the file
[size=1]**[EDIT]**
glad you worked it out =)[/size]