# Target main timeline from external swf

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target-main-timeline-from-external-swf/136255
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**Created:** [February 3, 2005, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target-main-timeline-from-external-swf/136255 "2005-02-03T10:38:16Z")
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### Author: ![glove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@glove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/glove)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2005, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target-main-timeline-from-external-swf/136255/1 "2005-02-03T10:38:16Z")

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basically i hav an empty movie clip on the main timeline which loads an external swf…  
at a certain point i want the external swf to target a specific frame on the main timeline… anyone know the code for this? i tried \_parent , \_root , \_level0 already… hmm…

attached is the main FLA  
this is the [link](http://p0.com.my/archive/gary/1.zip) to the external swf FLA