# Parent SWF control from external SWF

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-swf-control-from-external-swf/249128
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**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-swf-control-from-external-swf/249128 "2008-01-15T17:59:08Z")
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### Author: ![abhikumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@abhikumar](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abhikumar)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/parent-swf-control-from-external-swf/249128/1 "2008-01-15T17:59:08Z")

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I have one PARENT swf and one EXTERNAL swf.

on PARENT i have one movie clip called PARENT\_MC.  
on EXTERNAL swf i have one button with the following action:

myButton.onRelease = function() {  
\_level0.PARENT\_MC.\_visible=0;  
};

this does not work… please help… all i need to do is control a movie clip on parent swf from an external swf file.