# Controlling Movie Clips

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-movie-clips/136858>\
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**Created:** [February 8, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-movie-clips/136858 "2005-02-08T23:56:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![JayinOrange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@JayinOrange](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JayinOrange)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-movie-clips/136858/1 "2005-02-08T23:56:58Z")

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Sorry if this is a lame question but I’m new to Flash and this is bugging me.

I have 3 different movie clips all on the main timeline and each with a different instance name. I have figured out how to put an action on each individual clip’s timeframe that once it finishes - play the next movie clip by using \_root.myMovieclip.play();

Is there a way to control the movie clips by putting action script on the main timeline? I have tried myMovieclip.play(), I’ve tried the behavior GoToAndPlay with the instance name of my movie clip but nothing.

THanks for any help.