{FMX} _parent action doesn't work for SWF

programming flash
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Hi :slight_smile: I have a movie load an SWF into a movie clip, in that SWF there is a button which tells a movie clip to .play, the movie clip inside that swf is called “clip”. i have on that button _parent.clip.play();
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Why is this not working, i have a website due in 2 days, can anyone help me out? Thanks :smirk:

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loadedSwf - button1
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movie

oops…


on(release){
    _parent.gotoAndPlay();
}

_parent is a reference to the timeline which contains the object that this code is on. In this case, _parent refers to “loadedSwf” movie clip in my diagram.
You could also do
“_parent._parent.gotoAndPlay();” to make the main timeline do something.