# Parent/child communication

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896 "2003-08-07T17:41:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![hoppedup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dfb087/32.png) [@hoppedup](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hoppedup)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/1 "2003-08-07T17:41:56Z")

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I’ve replicated my problem in the attached files.

Index.fla executes a loadMovieNum, loading the movie bbb.fla. bbb.fla tries to change the alpha of an object in the parent movie, Index.fla, but it does not work.

so say i have a button in bbb.fla, which goes:

on(release){  
\_root.box.\_alpha = 10;  
}

but this does not change the alpha of instance box in the file index.fla. i’ve tried to change \_root to \_parent, and even tried a \_root.MovieClipInstance.box… etc.

:d: Please help

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/2 "2003-08-07T17:45:19Z")

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Umm… wheres “box”? the alpha button is named sA

edit: didn’t open the other fla, sorry heh… working on it now

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/3 "2003-08-07T18:05:27Z")

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[AS]on(release){  
\_level0.box.\_alpha = 10;   
}[/AS]

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/4 "2003-08-07T18:07:22Z")

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Yea go with that 😊

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/5 "2003-08-07T19:20:10Z")

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you guys make it look so easy :cool:

thanks again

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/6 "2003-08-07T19:31:46Z")

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:thumb:

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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:** [August 7, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-child-communication/27896/7 "2003-08-07T19:36:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by hoppedup \*  
> \*\*you make it look so easy claudio :cool:

thanks again \*\*