# Find \_x value of child MC relitive to Stage {AS2}

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find--x-value-of-child-mc-relitive-to-stage-as2/279753>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 18, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find--x-value-of-child-mc-relitive-to-stage-as2/279753 "2009-01-18T23:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![MossyStump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MossyStump](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MossyStump)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/find--x-value-of-child-mc-relitive-to-stage-as2/279753/1 "2009-01-18T23:26:44Z")

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Ok, here is my problem.  
I’m trying to track the \_x value of a child mc relative to its place on the stage, NOT its place inside the parent, is there a way to do this?