# Quick question - Timelines
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/63343
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 5, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/63343 "2004-09-05T18:06:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Desire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Desire)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/63343/1 "2004-09-05T18:06:27Z")
Right straight to it, i will try and explain the best i can.
I have a movie clip, and inside it i have some masking animation.
Now when it has finished playing all the masking animations and that i want it to goto and play frame 2 on the main timeline.
when i use the normal code
```
gotoandplay("scene1","2") ;
```
or whatever it is, it dosnt load frame 2 on the main timeline? is that cos its still inside the movie clip timeline?
well thats my problem is there a cure?
thanks for any help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/63343/2 "2004-09-05T19:33:32Z")
ok… i spose the problem is that you didnt quite understand “gotoAndPlay”.
look. it says gotoAndPlay(-Scenename-,-Framename-);
but -Framename- isnt the number of the frame… it is the name… you must give to it before accessing it…
you can only name keyframes … so make frame 2 a keyframe (F6)… then in the “Properties” panel there is an input box with “\<\\>” in it… change it to e.g. “frame2” or whatever you want… then you can do
gotoAndPlay(“Scene1”,“frame2”);
ah. and by the way… when the frame you want to access is already in the scene from which you are calling… its enough to do
gotoAndPlay(-FRAMENAME-);
and ActionScript is case sensitive. so be carful that you write all the commands correctly…
hope this helped…
(maybe i misunderstood the problem… if yes just give a call)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-timelines/63343/3 "2004-09-05T20:37:23Z")
_picks up phone_
_dials random number_
Me - “yeah so ermm help me”
Random dude - “who is this”
Me - “its me you where helping me with flash”
Random dude - " FLASH OH OH! SAVER OF THE UNIVERS!.. no soz mate wrong number"
_hangs up_
☹
yeah so ermm lets try again 🙂
Main timeline.
Frame 1
movie clip
… inside movie clip
animation plays frames 1 - 87
on frame 87 which is a keyframe i have the codeing
gotoAndStop(“Scene 1”, “Main”);
that dosnt equal
Main timeline
frame 2 (named “Main”)
* * *
or does it and im doing something wrong?