# \[Flash8\]Help needed: communication between movieClips

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**Created:** [February 23, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed-communication-between-movieclips/282585 "2009-02-23T23:17:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dina\_orla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@dina\_orla](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dina_orla)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash8-help-needed-communication-between-movieclips/282585/1 "2009-02-23T23:17:58Z")

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Hallo to everyone,

As it seems i am stuck in sth really not that difficult obviously but i can’t figure it out. I am quite new in Flash and ActionScript 2.0.  
So here is my problem:  
I want to make a site with text and pictures. I have my main stage and every category in layers. One category is “History” which as History\_mc has 2 layers one for actions and one for the text (appearing in frame 2) included.  
In this mc i want to add another layer and put a nextButton\_mc so that by on (press) can change the text and go to the other page (go to and stop to frame 3). I have also given Instance Name:nextButton  
Unfortunately i can not manage to make the nextButton\_mc to function whatever code i use.  
For example:

on (press) {  
History\_mc.gotoAndStop(3); or \_root.History\_mc.gotoAndStop(3); or gotoAndStop(3); or this.gotoAndStop(3);  
}

Is it the problem that i have a mc (nextButton) in another mc (History\_mc)?

Has anyone any suggestion or advice?I would be grateful!!

Thank you very much.