# On Rollover \_root playing problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-rollover--root-playing-problem/278760>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 5, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-rollover--root-playing-problem/278760 "2009-01-05T12:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sterling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@sterling](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sterling)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-rollover--root-playing-problem/278760/1 "2009-01-05T12:49:11Z")

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I have a problem trying to get a nested movie clip to play from another button rollover action. I had used tell target for things like this in the past. But I don’t think it is done like that anymore. The movie clip which should Play AS on to make it have the functionalty of a button (with rollover / rollout animation), this movie clip is also nested in a another \_mc. It works fine as a stand alone button, but I cannot call it’s actions from another (like Tell Target)

My button has the AS:

on (rollOver) {  
\_root.preordersplsh.preorder.gotoAndPlay(“button”);  
}

This should look for the named instances and play the label ‘button’ but it doesn’t work. Does anyone have any suggestions or fixes?

Can anyone help, I am stuck!!!

Many thanks in advance  
[http://www.edenphotography.co.uk/old/splash.fla](http://www.edenphotography.co.uk/old/splash.fla)