# Check if movieclip exists \[FMX2004\]

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156 "2004-08-12T00:09:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Ximensions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ximensions](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ximensions)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/1 "2004-08-12T00:09:24Z")

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How do you check if a movieclip exists? Thanks.

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### Author: ![Skribble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@Skribble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skribble)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/2 "2004-08-12T00:49:05Z")

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trace(\_root.movieclipinstance);

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### Author: ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/3 "2004-08-12T01:05:02Z")

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and replace the trace with an if and you got yourself the check 😉

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### Author: ![Ximensions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ximensions](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ximensions)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/4 "2004-08-12T11:47:24Z")

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I tried that using:

```auto

if(this["mymovieclip"]){
//code here
}

```

And it didn’t work…

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### Author: ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/5 "2004-08-12T11:55:27Z")

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then that movieclip didnt exist 😛

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### Author: ![claudio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@claudio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/claudio)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/119156/6 "2004-08-12T13:15:10Z")

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Nice one Sen 😛