# Can't acces movieclip within movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-acces-movieclip-within-movieclip/309195>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 9, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-acces-movieclip-within-movieclip/309195 "2010-05-09T14:40:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![RHA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@RHA](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RHA)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-acces-movieclip-within-movieclip/309195/1 "2010-05-09T14:40:48Z")

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I want to access the properties of movieclips inside a movieclip.

Below is a code of how the Parent mc is created. It’s looped because it’s gets it data from XML. So there is not one parent movieclip but a number of parent movieclips depending on how many items the XML contains:

```auto

function doComplete(e:Event):void {
    //create a new variable to store an instance of the XML class. We pass through the data from the XML file.
    var xml:XML = new XML(e.target.data);
    //we create a new XMLList. This stores the nodes we want to access in the XML file.
    var catList:XMLList = xml.item;
    //we create another XMLList. This stores the image attribute of the nodes.
    //So it will store the location of the image. images/image3.jpg etc.
    var images:XMLList = xml.item. @ image;

    //we assign a value to the variable created earlier. 
    //Depending on how many items are in the XML, this number will differ.
    //for this example catNum = 3.
    catNum = catList.length();

    //we start a loop
    for (var i:Number = 0; i < catNum; i++) {
        //here we create instances of the movieclips in the library and add them to stage.
        //create a variable to store the instances of the classes created.
        var but:Button = new Button();
        if (catList*. @ label != "home") {

            //set the x position of the button instances
            //the expression adds spacing between the buttons
            but.y += ((stage.stageHeight / 2) - (but.height*catNum/2) + (30*i) + (but.height*i) / 2 - 65);
            //set the y position of the button instances
            but.x=0;
            //we tell the instances to go to their second frame and stop. 
            //This will be their "down" position
            but.gotoAndStop(2);
            //we give the dynamic text box inside the button some text.
            //the text will be the label attribute of each node in the XML.

            but.butLabelTxt.text=catList*.@label;
            //we assign a name to the button instances.
            //names will be but1,but2,but3
            but.name="but"+i;
            //we add the instances to the stage
            addChild(but);
            but.buttonMode=true;
            //we add the button names to the array created earlier
            butClip.push(but.name);
            //we add the button names to the array created earlier
            butClipMain.push(but.name);

            //we add the link values to the array created earlier
            linksArray.push(catList*.@link);
            //we add an event listener to the button instances.
            but.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doClick, false, 0, true);
            //this prevents the textbox from being mouse enabled 
            but.mouseChildren=false;
        } else {
            //set the x position of the button instances
            //the expression adds spacing between the buttons
            but.height=0;
            but.y = 0;
            //set the y position of the button instances
            but.x=0;
            //we tell the instances to go to their second frame and stop. 
            //This will be their "down" position
            but.gotoAndStop(2);
            //we give the dynamic text box inside the button some text.
            //the text will be the label attribute of each node in the XML.

            but.butLabelTxt.text="";
            //we assign a name to the button instances.
            //names will be but1,but2,but3
            but.name="but"+i;
            //we add the instances to the stage
            addChild(but);
        }

        //here we create instances of the movieclips in the library and add them to stage.
        //create a variable to store the instances of the classes created.
        var info:InfoHolder = new InfoHolder();
        //set the x position of the infoHolder instances
        //the expression adds spacing between the buttons
        info.x += (960*i);
        //set the y position of the infoHolder instances
        info.y=0;
        //we give the dynamic text box inside the button some text.
        //the text for the headingTxt textbox will be the heading attribute of each node in the XML.
        info.moreInfo.headingTxt.text=catList*.@heading;
        //the text for the summaryTxt textbox will be the CDATA section of each node in the XML.
        info.moreInfo.summaryTxt.text=catList*;
        //we assign a name to the infoHolder instances.
        //names will be but1,but2,but3
        //we add an event listener to the more button inside infoHolder
        info.moreInfo.moreBut_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doMore, false, 0, true);
        //we set buttonMode to true, so that the movieclip will act like a button.
        info.moreInfo.moreBut_mc.buttonMode=true;
        info.moreInfo.visible=false;
        //we add the infoHolder instances as children of the sprite we created earlier.
        holderSprite.addChild(info);
        
        //we create a new loader instance
        var picLoader:Loader = new Loader();
        //we request the images

         /*picLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loaded);
        function loaded(event:Event):void {
        //we add the images to the clip inside infoHolder
        TweenLite.to(info.holderClip_mc, 1, {alpha:1});
        }*/
        var picURLReq:URLRequest=new URLRequest(images*);
        //we load the images
        picLoader.load(picURLReq);
        info.holderClip_mc.addChild(picLoader);
    }

    //this sets the first button instance on stage to an "up" position by sending it to its first frame.
    MovieClip(getChildByName("but"+0)).gotoAndStop(1);
    //we set the newNum variable to one less than the value of the variable catNum
    newNum=catNum-1;
}

```

As you can see there is a movie clip inside the “info” mc called “more info”. Now I want that, with a click of a button, become visible again:

```auto

//we create a function called doCLick. It handles the button events.
function doClick(e:MouseEvent):void {
    //we create a variable. The value will be the name of the caller.
    //if but1 is clicked the value of butString will be but1
    var butString:String=String(e.target.name);
    info.moreInfo.visible="true";
    //we create another variable. The value is the first variable sliced.
    //if but1 is clicked the value of slicedString will be 1
    var slicedString:String=butString.slice(3);
    //we create a new variable and set its value slicedString which has been type cast to a number.
    var butNumber:Number=Number(slicedString);
    //if a button is clicked send that button to frame 1. its "down" state
    e.target.gotoAndStop(1);

    //we start another loop
    for (var j = 0; j<butClip.length; j++) {
        //we loop through the buttons and set them to their "up" state 
        MovieClip(getChildByName(butClip[j])).gotoAndStop(2);
        //we set the button that was clicked to its "down" state
        e.target.gotoAndStop(1);
    }

    //we stop the timer if a button is clicked
    timer.stop();

    //we call the butTween function and send through a parameter
    //if but1 is clicked the parameter will be 1
    butTween(butNumber);
}

```

I get this error:

```auto

1120: Access of undefined property info.

```

So far no solution, can someone help me?