# Check if movieclip exists \[FMX2004\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 12, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721 "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-fmx2004/60721/1 "2004-08-12T00:09:24Z")

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How do you check if a movieclip exists? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721/2 "2004-08-12T00:49:05Z")

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trace(\_root.movieclipinstance);

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721/3 "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:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721/4 "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:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721/5 "2004-08-12T11:55:27Z")

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then that movieclip didnt exist 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/check-if-movieclip-exists-fmx2004/60721/6 "2004-08-12T13:15:10Z")

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Nice one Sen 😛