# Help root?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 7, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230 "2002-12-07T19:21:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greenhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7c8e57/32.png) [@Greenhouse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Greenhouse)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230/1 "2002-12-07T19:21:56Z")

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[Qurrent site](http://users.pandora.be/greenhouse)  
I’m trying to build a new site (see my old). I know some flash (mostely trouh tutorials on the web)

But i don’t now how to steer movies from other movies.  
So how do I use a button to do something in a totaly difrend movie.

Root something, but i just don’t get it.  
Some help?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230/2 "2002-12-07T19:49:56Z")

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easy!  
Every movieclip, graphic object and button has it’s own timeline.  
“\_root” refers to the main timeline! [The timeline that appears when you open a totally new unchanged movie]  
now make a movieclip in “\_root.” (the main timeline)  
Select it and change it’s instance name to “mc” (without the quotation marks “”)  
now let’s say you have an animation inside that movieclip and you want to go to frame 18 of that animation. then it would be like this:

\_root.mc.gotoAndStop(18);

\_root \<-- the main timeline  
each timeline is separated by a “.”  
mc \<— the movieclip (remember the instance name)  
gotoAndStop(18); \<---- makes it go to frame 18 and play.  
So if there was another movieclip with instance name “mc2” inside that movieclip and you want that one to go to frame 18 it would be like this:

\_root.mc.mc2.gotoAndStop(18);

easy isn’t? I hope you’re following 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230/3 "2002-12-08T00:29:21Z")

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easy indeed.

Thanks for you’re time:P

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-root/9230/4 "2002-12-08T11:25:55Z")

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can i use root to stear a dynamic loaded movie from my main movie?