# Referencing a movieclip within a movieclip

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278>\
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**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278 "2004-07-26T12:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![massive3215](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/massive3215/32/253_2.png) [@massive3215](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/massive3215)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/1 "2004-07-26T12:55:42Z")

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If I have movieclip named box01\_mc inside movieclip btn01\_mc and I wanted to change box01\_mc’s alpha to 0 on the rollover of btn01\_mc how would I write this? I tried writing the following code on btn01\_mc but it didn’t work:

on (rollOver) {  
box01\_mc.\_alpha = 0  
}

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mattiaswargren](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mattiaswargren/32/631_2.png) [@mattiaswargren](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mattiaswargren)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/2 "2004-07-26T12:59:32Z")

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> [@massive3215](#):
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> If I have movieclip named box01\_mc inside movieclip btn01\_mc and I wanted to change box01\_mc’s alpha to 0 on the rollover of btn01\_mc how would I write this? I tried writing the following code on btn01\_mc but it didn’t work:
> 
> on (rollOver) {  
> box01\_mc.\_alpha = 0  
> }
> 
> Thanks!

Works for me 👁

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**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/3 "2004-07-26T13:08:05Z")

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That code is correct, are you sure you’ve given your instance an instance name ? Not a symbol name in the library, an instance name.

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**Author:** ![Skribble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@Skribble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skribble)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/4 "2004-07-26T13:10:48Z")

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on (rollOver) {  
box01\_mc.\_alpha = 0  
}

thats right, u probly havnt givin it an instance name as was said b4. change the instance nme in the properties panel.

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**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/5 "2004-07-26T13:11:26Z")

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Skribble - in static event handlers such as on(rollOver), this isn’t necessary.

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**Author:** ![massive3215](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/massive3215/32/253_2.png) [@massive3215](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/massive3215)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/6 "2004-07-26T13:13:35Z")

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Ok, must be something goofy in my code. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Skribble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@Skribble](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Skribble)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-a-movieclip-within-a-movieclip/117278/7 "2004-07-26T13:14:04Z")

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yeh, haha it just clicked (-: