# Controlling main swf from external swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-main-swf-from-external-swf/68049
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-main-swf-from-external-swf/68049 "2004-10-21T16:08:28Z")
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### Author: ![xtm59](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/xtm59/32/819_2.png) [@xtm59](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xtm59)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-main-swf-from-external-swf/68049/1 "2004-10-21T16:08:28Z")

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Can anyone please show me the exact target path you would need to write in to be able to control the main timeline from a loaded swf file? An example is like having the same buttons in my main timelin, inside my loaded swf. How would I control the same buttons in the loaded swf to run the same way it is running like the buttons in the main timeline…