# Play next scene from within movie symbol

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-next-scene-from-within-movie-symbol/54581>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 15, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-next-scene-from-within-movie-symbol/54581 "2004-06-15T21:39:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7feea3/32.png) [@NeoDreamer2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer2)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/play-next-scene-from-within-movie-symbol/54581/1 "2004-06-15T21:39:11Z")

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Flash MX

In a movie symbol, I put

```auto

_root.gotoAndPlay(nextSceneName, 1);

```

But the it won’t go to the next scene. What’s wrong with this code?