# onClipEvent Troubles

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-troubles/134124
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 14, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-troubles/134124 "2005-01-14T20:43:41Z")
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### Author: ![Tiziano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@Tiziano](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tiziano)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/onclipevent-troubles/134124/1 "2005-01-14T20:43:41Z")

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(I’m using the MC Tween prototype, though I think my problem is more general and unrelated to the prototype)

Here’s what I have:  
An instance of a movie clip (homeMenu\_mc).  
This mc contains a child mc (home\_mc).

On the instance I have this AS:  
onClipEvent (load) {  
// Sets the first, default \_alpha value  
this.\_alpha = 0;

// When the mouse moves over this movieclip, highlight it  
this.onRollOver = function() {  
// Makes it 100% opaque, on 0.5 seconds  
this.alphaTo (100, 0.5);  
home\_mc.colorTo(0x990000, 0.5);  
}

this.onRollOut = function() {  
// Makes it transparent again, on 0.5 seconds  
this.alphaTo (0, 0.5);  
home\_mc.colorTo(0x000000, 0.5);  
}  
}

All the code works execpt the  
home\_mc.colorTo(0x990000, 0.5); and home\_mc.colorTo(0x000000, 0.5);

I can get the colorTo to work but not in when coded like this (referencing a child mc).  
So, that’s the problem: how would I reference a child mc in this situation?

I’ve tried:  
this.home\_mc.colorTo(0x000000, 0.5);  
parent.home\_mc.colorTo(0x000000, 0.5);  
root.home\_mc.colorTo(0x000000, 0.5);  
etc…

Thanks