# Controlling an MC with AS on \_root timeline. What am I missing?!?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-mc-with-as-on--root-timeline-what-am-i-missing/268880>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-mc-with-as-on--root-timeline-what-am-i-missing/268880 "2008-08-20T00:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChadT523](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@ChadT523](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ChadT523)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-an-mc-with-as-on--root-timeline-what-am-i-missing/268880/1 "2008-08-20T00:17:35Z")

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My stage is empty except for an MC with a simple animation and an AS 2 layer. There is not a button or user interaction that engages the MC. I want the MC to play when the timeline reaches the frame with the AS. My MC has an instance name of ‘blueMC’ and here’s the AS I’ve tried:

blueMC.play();  
\_root.blueMC.gotoAndPlay(“2”);

on(load)  
{  
blueMC.play();  
}

onClipEvent(load) {  
blueMC.gotoAndPlay(“2”);  
}

Shouldn’t it just be this?: MCinstanceNmae.gotoAndPlay(“Frame# or label”);  
Thanks, I feel like I’m missing something simple.