# Newbie: Does an action script in a movie clip control is parent scene?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-does-an-action-script-in-a-movie-clip-control-is-parent-scene/178147>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-does-an-action-script-in-a-movie-clip-control-is-parent-scene/178147 "2006-02-08T02:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![flamont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90db22/32.png) [@flamont](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flamont)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/newbie-does-an-action-script-in-a-movie-clip-control-is-parent-scene/178147/1 "2006-02-08T02:27:36Z")

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This is probably very simple… but I can’t seem to find this looking at the help files. I have a my main flash file (flash 8), that has within it a movie clip that with the menu I created. I want to use this menu to control the main movie… but going to a specific frame. Can this be done… can a movie clip control the playback head of the main movie. I’m using the following but it doesn’t work.

on (release) {  
gotoAndPlay(“Scene 1”, “frame 5”);  
}

thanks