# Hiding/Showing MCs

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-showing-mcs/214104>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 25, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-showing-mcs/214104 "2007-01-25T16:12:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![zuriki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zuriki](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zuriki)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-showing-mcs/214104/1 "2007-01-25T16:12:22Z")

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I need help hiding/showing movieclips.

I have a button on the main timeline used for showing a movieclip.  
I have another button inside the movieclip for hiding the _parent movieclip_.  
The movieclip is called wintest (for now).  
I tried  
ActionScript Code:  
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#0000FF]on[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR]  
[COLOR=#0000FF]\_root[/COLOR].[COLOR=#000080]wintest[/COLOR].[COLOR=#0000FF]hide[/COLOR];  
[COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR]  
[/LEFT]  
[/FONT]

For hiding the _parent movieclip_ (wintest), but no luck. I have no idea how to show the movieclip so I didn’t bother trying :P.