# How to access parents child in actionscript file?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-parents-child-in-actionscript-file/268386>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-parents-child-in-actionscript-file/268386 "2008-08-13T07:21:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-access-parents-child-in-actionscript-file/268386/1 "2008-08-13T07:21:30Z")

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Good day!

Is there a way to access the parent’s child in actionscript file?

because i’ve tried (parent.obj\_mc as MovieClip).txtStr.text and it only produce an error saying that “Access of undefined property parent”…

OR do i have to import somthing? i’ve already imported MovieClip.