# gotoAndPlay outside a movie clip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-outside-a-movie-clip/164710>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 4, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-outside-a-movie-clip/164710 "2005-10-04T05:37:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![laforge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@laforge](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/laforge)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gotoandplay-outside-a-movie-clip/164710/1 "2005-10-04T05:37:00Z")

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Ok well i have a movie clip with buttons that go to frames outside the movie clip. Problem is i don’t know how to go up. I tried \_.root and naming a frame but neither worked. Both times i tried it went to a frame in the movie clip.

Thanks in advance.