# Control specific movie clip from (root) timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-specific-movie-clip-from-root-timeline/321144>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-specific-movie-clip-from-root-timeline/321144 "2011-04-11T22:27:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![rsbianchi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@rsbianchi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rsbianchi)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/control-specific-movie-clip-from-root-timeline/321144/1 "2011-04-11T22:27:25Z")

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I apologize if this has been asked but I’ve been looking everywhere but I’ve only found the reverse of what I’m trying to do.

From my main timeline (root) I want to be able to control a specific movieclip so that it plays a specific frame when I rollover a button on my main timeline.

Thank you,  
Gianfranco