# Referencing the root timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-the-root-timeline/231725>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 7, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-the-root-timeline/231725 "2007-07-07T04:06:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![theonlycarmire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@theonlycarmire](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theonlycarmire)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/referencing-the-root-timeline/231725/1 "2007-07-07T04:06:14Z")

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Ok, so my problem stems from my dependence on the \_root object in AS2.0

If I have a movieclip that I want to call a function that is on the main timeline, which reference would I use? I tried root.testFunc() to call said function, but got no play.

Any ideas?