# Doubt with Instances
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290 "2004-09-14T23:24:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@arturo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arturo)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/1 "2004-09-14T23:24:21Z")
[font=Arial]Hi there, maybe this is easy and I’m stupid, but let me try to explain:
I’ve a main movie, for example, this movie has 3 buttons, in each button there’s a MovieClip in the Over area, for example button1 contains a MovieClip with some animation, this clip has an Instance name clip1\_mc, ok, untill this, everything it’s ok, the effect it’s easy to achieve, when I rollover my mouse over that button, the clip called clip1\_mc starts to play, piece of cake, the problem is this, what happens if I call an extrenal .SWF, this .SWF contains a simple button, when I rollover this button I want to play my clip inside in my button in my main Movie, I cannot do this, I was trying with something like this:
on (rollOver) {
\_parent.clip1\_mc.play();
}
but this is not working, I’m doing something wrong, but I can’t see what is, any help?, any idea?
thanks [/font]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/2 "2004-09-14T23:28:49Z")
hmm that just kind of confused me. could you post an .fla to look at?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/3 "2004-09-14T23:39:33Z")
Hi, the file it’s about 300k and I cannot upload that size, do you have an email address?, mine is [arturo.civit@gmail.com](mailto:arturo.civit@gmail.com), thanks for the help
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/4 "2004-09-15T01:05:26Z")
Thanks, anyway, I did two examples, thanks dude…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/5 "2004-09-15T04:34:19Z")
you can use Movieclip instance instead of Button.
Eg: you cannot play a movieclip inside a button. like "\_root.button1.mc1.play();
but if you use mc as a button you can use this onRollover ( or any action you like) for the button of the loaded .swf as follows
```auto
on(rollOver){
_root.mc1.play();
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/6 "2004-09-15T05:00:39Z")
> [@nishanthe](#):
>
> you can use Movieclip instance instead of Button.
> Eg: you cannot play a movieclip inside a button. like "\_root.button1.mc1.play();
>
> but if you use mc as a button you can use this onRollover ( or any action you like) for the button of the loaded .swf as follows
>
> ```auto
>
> on(rollOver){
> _root.mc1.play();
> }
>
> ```
ok, thanks, but what happens with the ActionScript I have in that button?, if I change the property from button to movieclip, I’ll lost all the AS I think, now it’s 12.02 am and I’m desperate…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/7 "2004-09-15T05:41:11Z")
pleasesee the attachment
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/doubt-with-instances/64290/8 "2004-09-15T05:59:02Z")
NOW IT’s WORKING!!!
Thanks Nishanthe, you’re the man!