# Can't call function inside a movieclip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-call-function-inside-a-movieclip/269708>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-call-function-inside-a-movieclip/269708 "2008-08-31T07:01:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![cholin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8edcca/32.png) [@cholin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cholin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-call-function-inside-a-movieclip/269708/1 "2008-08-31T07:01:05Z")

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This is hard to explain, but basically here goes:

I have a “frame” movieclip that loads images. I call frame.loadImage(the URL) and everything works. So far so good.

When I put “frame” inside of another clip, named “frameHolder”, then call frameHolder.frame.loadImage, nothing happens.

![](http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=soconfusedkl8.jpg)