Help controlling nested movieclips

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This is more a request for direction than a specific question. I have a nested movieclip that I need to control. I have searched the net and to this point I have been able to make it gotoAndStop at frame 1 and play(). I can’t make it stop. I understand that actionscript can be attached to the movieclip instance or placed on the root timeline. Pointers would be appreciated but what I would like is direction to websites and or tutorials that might teach me how to control a nested movieclip.

Thanks in advance for the help … Michael

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For example let’s say you’ve got a mc called rootMC. Within rootMC you’ve got another movie clip called childMC.

// To play the childMC from the root timeline.
rootMC.childMC.play();

// To stop the** childMC** from the root timeline.
rootMC.childMC.stop();

// To play the childMC from within the childMC timeline.
this.play();

The . dot operator is used to navigate mc hierarchies and also used to access properties of the mc.

For more info search for About scope and targeting, About controlling movie clips with ActionScript, and nested movie clip from the help docs.

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Michael … thanks for the help