# Controling a movie clip on a main timeline from another loaded swf?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-a-movie-clip-on-a-main-timeline-from-another-loaded-swf/307582>\
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**Created:** [April 6, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-a-movie-clip-on-a-main-timeline-from-another-loaded-swf/307582 "2010-04-06T10:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![voodoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@voodoo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/voodoo)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-a-movie-clip-on-a-main-timeline-from-another-loaded-swf/307582/1 "2010-04-06T10:16:23Z")

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ok i have a main movie i load a swf file in this movie i have movie clip called trans\_mc on the main movie timeline i want to tell this movie to go and play frame labeled out when the swf movie finish loading how to do this ?

i tried to put this action on the swf movie

MovieClip(parent).trans\_mc.gotoAndPlay(“over”);

but it dosenot work