# Contolling an externally loaded timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/contolling-an-externally-loaded-timeline/241539>\
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**Created:** [October 15, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/contolling-an-externally-loaded-timeline/241539 "2007-10-15T12:31:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bonwhis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@Bonwhis](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bonwhis)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/contolling-an-externally-loaded-timeline/241539/1 "2007-10-15T12:31:25Z")

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Hello everyone,

I’m having a problem controlling an externally loaded timeline.

On my main timeline I have several thumbnails which all works as buttons. On the press of one of these buttons I want a button I want movieclip to open in an empty movieclip and then go to a specific frame. On each specific frame of the loaded movieclip an action is executed:

```auto
loadMovie("pictures/jofeba.jpg",_root.empty_display_print.empty_image);

```

My problem is that I cannot get the button on my main timeline to jump to a specific frame on the loaded movieclip.

i’ve made a function detection wether or not the whiteDisplay is loaded

```auto
whiteDisplay = function () {
    loadMovie("content/printDisplay.swf", _root.empty_mc);
    whiteDisplayLoaded = true;
};

this.right_menu.btn_1a.onPress = function() {
whiteDisplay();
if (whiteDisplayLoaded == true) {
_root.empty_mc.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
};

```

be aware that I am not the sharpest of actionscripters, should you be able to help.

I would really appreciate your help…