Hi can anyone help me I have made a movie clip and I have dragged it onto my main stage from the lib the mc is not on the main timeline
I have a button and when I press it I would like the mc to stop
I know very little about action script I have given an instance name to both button and mc.In the actions panel I work in normal mode how do I stop the mc when button is pressed
Thanks for your help stig
on (release) {
_root.yourmovie.stop();
}
put that in the button and that should work, just put the instance name of the movie where it says your movie 
Since your MC is not on the main timeline, you could use something like this:
[COLOR=royalblue]on (release) {
myMovieClip.mySecondClip.stop();
}[/COLOR]
…with the first movie having an instance name of myMovieClip and the other mySecondClip!
oops i didnt read that part about the main timeline…:-\ sorry
i tried cutting and pasting your reply (joso reply)
this is what i go back
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=text, Frame=1: Line 2: Expected a field name after ‘.’ operator.
_root.eq.stop();
the eq bit is my mc i dont have a layer for it i just drag it from lib
did you put the code in the button? are the button and MC in the frame or is the button in the MC?
Yes I put code in button button has its own layer on main t.line frame 1
Mc has no layer on main t.line made mc (new symbol then made mc then dragged it from lib) I think I have got this all wrong (lol)
i have made other buttons on same layer
that work they links to other pages using action s all ok there
Don’t use eq as a movie clip name, because Flash thinks you are referring to “=”, eg,
if (password eq “dude”).
(lol ) ok thanks for that and thanks to the others too
stig
yes it worked thanks again to all