# Reference to the Stage

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-to-the-stage/276250
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-to-the-stage/276250 "2008-11-24T23:47:44Z")
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### Author: ![MoOMoOMiLK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MoOMoOMiLK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MoOMoOMiLK)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-to-the-stage/276250/1 "2008-11-24T23:47:44Z")

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Hi guys,

I am having a bit of confusion regarding referencing stages and I hope someone can clarify this for me. Thank you very much in advance.

This is my scenario: I have 3 SWF files. Let’s call them A, B, and C. In my case, A is containing B, while B is containing C. When B is added to stage, I can use “stage” to refer to the main stage in A. Same thing applies to C. When C is added to stage, “stage” will refer to the main stage in A as well. However, if I am not mistaken, there is one stage per SWF file, so in my case I should have 3 stages. My question is how can I refer to the stage in B or the stage in C? Thanks very much for your help.