# Referencing a movie clip within a button?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movie-clip-within-a-button/131903
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**Created:** [December 21, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movie-clip-within-a-button/131903 "2004-12-21T03:45:18Z")
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#### Post date: [December 21, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movie-clip-within-a-button/131903/1 "2004-12-21T03:45:18Z")

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i have a button that has a movie clip in it. I would like to play the movieClip on the rollOver event, but I can’t get it to play. Here is what I hae got

on(rollOver) {  
\_root.myProjects\_btn.folderZoom\_mc.gotoAndPlay(“start”);  
}

I have also tried but it didn’t work either

on(rollOver) {  
this.folderZoom\_mc.gotoAndPlay(“start”);  
}

Thanks for the help