# Making one movieclip control another

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-one-movieclip-control-another/42694>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-one-movieclip-control-another/42694 "2004-02-11T23:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlkedave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@mlkedave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlkedave)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-one-movieclip-control-another/42694/1 "2004-02-11T23:30:13Z")

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I am probably just making a stupid mistake but can someone show me how to do the following…

I have a moive clip on \_root and another movieclip within several other movieclips. I want the moiveclilp that is in several other movieclips to be able to stop the movieclip on \_root on a release trigger.

I basically just want to know the proper AS for using one movieclip as a button that stops or plays another movieclip. Thanks

Mike

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-one-movieclip-control-another/42694/2 "2004-02-11T23:37:05Z")

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as simple as putting this code on your mc that is inside other mc’s

[AS]  
on(release){  
\_root.mcUwantToStop.stop()  
}  
[/AS]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/making-one-movieclip-control-another/42694/3 "2004-02-12T00:45:17Z")

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THanks man.