# Controling movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip/16126>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 21, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip/16126 "2003-03-21T04:32:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![felipegm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@felipegm](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/felipegm)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip/16126/1 "2003-03-21T04:32:12Z")

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That´s my problem:  
I want to load a movie clip with a button into another movie. This button has to control the timeline in the main movie. Is this possible to do? How do I do this?  
Thanks a lot.

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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:** [March 21, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controling-movie-clip/16126/2 "2003-03-21T05:02:21Z")

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if you want to control anything in the main timeline use \_root

For instance, if you want to stop and start the main movie use:

\_root.stop();

and

\_root.play();