# Searching for an instance of a movie clip?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-for-an-instance-of-a-movie-clip/214855>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 1, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-for-an-instance-of-a-movie-clip/214855 "2007-02-01T15:41:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![RoyalAssassin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@RoyalAssassin](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/RoyalAssassin)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-for-an-instance-of-a-movie-clip/214855/1 "2007-02-01T15:41:47Z")

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I’m working on a website I did not create and I’m trying to locate an instance of a movie clip. There’s a function on my buttons which call:

\_root.newSec = “gallery.swf”

I have no idea where ‘newSec’ is, and I need to know for other reasons. Is there a way to search my flash document, or timeline for this instance? Thanks.