# How to access movieclips from external classes

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-movieclips-from-external-classes/267384
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**Created:** [July 31, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-movieclips-from-external-classes/267384 "2008-07-31T13:43:47Z")
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### Author: ![nico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@nico](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nico)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-movieclips-from-external-classes/267384/1 "2008-07-31T13:43:47Z")

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Hello, just want to ask on how to access movieclip instance name from external classes (not using the document class).

I access my movieclips using ADDED\_TO\_STAGE event, but i want to access it directly, i tried stage.getChildByName(“instancename”).alpha = 0; but still its not working, what’s the ideal way of accessing movieclips instances from external classes?