# Not running MovieClip timeline code

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-running-movieclip-timeline-code/312524>\
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**Created:** [August 5, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-running-movieclip-timeline-code/312524 "2010-08-05T17:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![esaevian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@esaevian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esaevian)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/not-running-movieclip-timeline-code/312524/1 "2010-08-05T17:06:22Z")

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Hello.

I have a movieclip, and for some reason, the timeline code isn’t running.

Stage, frame 1

```auto

var my_mc:MovieClip = new MyMC();
my_mc.name = "my_mc";

```

MyMC is a properly linked Movieclip.

MyMC, frame 1

```auto

stop();

trace("Hey look guys! I'm alive!")

```

That trace statement doesn’t happen.  
Also, when I put a breakpoint on the “stop()” I get an error saying:

> Breakpoint not set; No executable code at line 1 of Symbol ‘my\_mc’, Layer ‘as’, Frame 1

Any ideas, anyone?