# How do i control a movie from within a movie?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-control-a-movie-from-within-a-movie/148676>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [May 22, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-control-a-movie-from-within-a-movie/148676 "2005-05-22T13:09:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![will\_roberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@will\_roberts](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/will_roberts)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-control-a-movie-from-within-a-movie/148676/1 "2005-05-22T13:09:11Z")

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Hello all.

This looks like a great community and one i would really enjoy being a part of.

At the moment most of my stuff has been made using XHTML, PHP and whatnot but have now started to use Flash MX a lot more.

i have come across a certain problem in controlling movies.

What i have done, is created a small 5 frame movie and imported it into a new site im working on but when i play my movie the imported movie just stays still!

I have tried lots of stuff but havent been able to get it to move so instead i was trying to find a way for me to control the imported movie witha button so i could say click here and it will play the 5 frames whilst staying on the current frame in the main timeline.

Any ideas?  
Thanks for any help