# Movie Clip Reference Problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-reference-problem/160995>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-reference-problem/160995 "2005-08-31T06:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshader](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/nightshader/32/945_2.png) [@nightshader](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nightshader)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movie-clip-reference-problem/160995/1 "2005-08-31T06:00:50Z")

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Hi there, 1st of all, thank you for all those who have helped me out for that last week. I have gained so much information this week more than I do in a month. The progress of my project is going because of this forum.

2nd, I run into another question.

I have 1 index movie (\_root). Inside this movie, I have a container\_mc, and I load external swf file into this container.

For examble, I load a news.swf into the container\_mc

But when I reference into a mc inside the \_root timeline of news.swf, It doesnt recognize it.

For example: I have a myMovie\_mc inside the \_root timeline of news.swf  
How do I make an absolute reference to this myMovie\_mc?? ( I have a button inside myMovie\_mc, and onRelease, I want it to play the 2nd frame on myMovie\_mc

This doesnt work:  
\_root.container\_mc.myMovie\_mc.gotoAndPlay(2);

A quick solution is appreciated. Thanks guys.