# Need serious help with \_root, \_parent, etc

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-serious-help-with--root--parent-etc/11680>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [January 20, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-serious-help-with--root--parent-etc/11680 "2003-01-20T23:25:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Afro\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Afro\_Ninja](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Afro_Ninja)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-serious-help-with--root--parent-etc/11680/1 "2003-01-20T23:25:21Z")

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Ok

I have a movie clip, inside of a movie clip

I need to control the second clip (the one inside of the first) from the main timeline. How do I go about doing this? I’ve tried adding \_root. and \_parent. to the clip name but no go. Is there some other way to specify what I’m trying to do?

btw I’m using flash5, but I just assumed it’s the same as mx

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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:** [January 20, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-serious-help-with--root--parent-etc/11680/2 "2003-01-20T23:32:42Z")

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firstMovieclip.secondMovieclip

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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:** [January 20, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-serious-help-with--root--parent-etc/11680/3 "2003-01-20T23:39:25Z")

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Awesome! Thank you very much!!!