# Controling mc
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977 "2003-04-23T04:42:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@felipegm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/felipegm)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977/1 "2003-04-23T04:42:04Z")
First of all, thanks for all the help.
U´ve being great!
My q is…
How do I make a button to control a mc to start playing?
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977/2 "2003-04-23T04:52:13Z")
in the buttons actionscipt use:
[AS]
on(release) {
\_root.movieclip.play();\assuming that the movieclip is located on the main timeline of the movie.
}[/AS]
[where “movieclip” is the instance name of the movie you want to play]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977/3 "2003-04-23T04:53:26Z")
give your MC an instance name and then use this code on the button
on (release) {
MCinstancename.gotoAndPlay (2);
}
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-mc/18977/4 "2003-04-23T04:54:02Z")
yeah, what he said… hahahha 😉