# Coordinates in flash question?

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**Created:** [January 6, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinates-in-flash-question/174509 "2006-01-06T08:52:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![lplover2k2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lplover2k2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lplover2k2)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coordinates-in-flash-question/174509/1 "2006-01-06T08:52:11Z")

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can someone tell me a good tutorial about the coordinates in flash…

i have some probs wit it…

e.g. a movieclip named mc1 has x coordinates 50 and y coordinates 60

in another movieclip named mc2 … i want to change the position of mc1…i use for example in mc2…  
onClipEvent(load){  
\_parent.mc1.\_x=60;  
}

but the mc1 is not position with x coordinates 60 but something else…