# Filter Operator Not Supported

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filter-operator-not-supported/275749
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 18, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filter-operator-not-supported/275749 "2008-11-18T10:33:53Z")
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### Author: ![IanCremona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/65b543/32.png) [@IanCremona](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/IanCremona)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/filter-operator-not-supported/275749/1 "2008-11-18T10:33:53Z")

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When I debug my flash file I get:

“\_level0.promotion1.loader\_mc.im…”

“im” is an externally loaded MC (published in AS3 flash 9)

When I try and stop at frame 1 with ths code:

```
ActionScript Code:
[LEFT][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]getChildByName[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]"promotion1"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] as [COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]getChildByName[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]"loader_mc"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] as [COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR]getChildByName[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#FF0000]"im"[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR] as [COLOR=#0000FF]MovieClip[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]gotoAndStop[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]1[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

```

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I get the following error:

```
ActionScript Code:
[LEFT]TypeError: [COLOR=#0000FF]Error[/COLOR] [COLOR=#808080]*#1123: Filter operator not supported on type mcPromotion.*[/COLOR]
at BannerClass/navigate[COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR]

```

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Adobe does not seem to document this, except for a short description on the Error Messages page

Does anyone know what might have gone wrong?