# How to get the global position of the movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-the-global-position-of-the-movieclip/92930
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**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-the-global-position-of-the-movieclip/92930 "2003-10-23T13:42:01Z")
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### Author: ![SBUH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@SBUH](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SBUH)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-get-the-global-position-of-the-movieclip/92930/1 "2003-10-23T13:42:01Z")

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Hello, I have one movieclip A within another movieclip B , and I use button to move movieclip B up and down. Then how can I get the position value of the movieclip A ( the global position not the relative position to movieclip B ). Thanks very much in advance and wait for your reply!