# Controlling swf's
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 28, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498 "2004-08-28T12:20:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@uxte](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/uxte)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/1 "2004-08-28T12:20:39Z")
Hi everyone 🙂
What I want to do is:
I have 2 swf’s one loaded in level0 and another loaded in level1 (called from the first one). I want to put a button on the second swf that would control the first one by telling him to go to an exact scene and frame just like the **gotoAndPlay** action.
Is this possible?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/2 "2004-08-28T13:53:56Z")
in the first SWF:
```php
var newSWF = this.loadMovie("myNewSWF.swf");
var newSWFBut = newSWF.attachMovie("buttonMovieID", "newNameForButton", newDepth);
newSWFBut.onRelease = function() {
this._parent._parent.gotoAndPlay("frameORsceneName");
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/3 "2004-08-28T17:27:01Z")
hmmm!
maybe I’m not explaining myself well… :upset:
I have a 1st movie (one.swf) that on is first frame have this action: **loadMovieNum(“two.swf”, 1);**
and on the 2nd movie (two.swf) I have a button that I want to assign an **gotoAndPlay** action to control the 1st movie.
I have tried this:
**on (release) {**
**\_parent.gotoAndPlay(“Scene1”, 2);**
**}**
And this:
**on (release) {**
**\_level0.gotoAndPlay(“Scene1”, 1);**
**}**
And none worked, why is that? anyone?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/4 "2004-09-01T12:33:41Z")
anybody?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/5 "2004-09-01T13:40:19Z")
Did you try using framelabels instead of scenenames/framenumbers?
scotty(-:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/controlling-swfs/62498/6 "2004-09-01T16:39:27Z")
Yes if you follow Scottys advice and use
on (release) {
\_level0.gotoAndPlay(“frameName”);
}
it will work