# Modifying internal movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modifying-internal-movieclip/250212>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 27, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modifying-internal-movieclip/250212 "2008-01-27T01:05:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![arunforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@arunforce](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arunforce)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modifying-internal-movieclip/250212/1 "2008-01-27T01:05:04Z")

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Ok, simple stuff…

I load an external swf: “[www.bill.com/bill.swf](http://www.bill.com/bill.swf)” into my movieclip bill using loadMovie.  
inside bill.swf it has a movieclip called jon, and I load it in

\_root.bill.jon.\_x += 20 won’t work, what should I do. 👁