# Target path for btn in mc in mc?

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**Created:** [July 13, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target-path-for-btn-in-mc-in-mc/232381 "2007-07-13T07:17:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dutchiejohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f19dbf/32.png) [@Dutchiejohn](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dutchiejohn)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target-path-for-btn-in-mc-in-mc/232381/1 "2007-07-13T07:17:43Z")

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I am a starting Flash amateur and I am very impressed with this site… wow!  
So much to learn…

I have read through the forum and some tutorials, but I can’t find my solution. Perhaps I missed it?  
Therefor I will try it this way; hopefully someone can help me. The following is the problem:

In my ‘main’ scene I have a menu (consisting of btn symbols).  
When you click on a btn, an external swf file is loaded into a movieClipLoader component (mainLoader). Also, a sub menu appears (ie subMenu1\_mc).  
This sub menu mc again contains some btns in a mc (sub1\_mc).

Now, I can’t seem to activate these btns through AS and load the external swf into the loader!

The target option in AS gives me the path:  
[COLOR=blue]this[/COLOR].subMenu1\_mc.sub1\_mc.btnProfiel\_btn (the btn IS recognized… and the rollOver state works too).

To me, the logical AS code (in the main timeline) for the btn was as followed:

[COLOR=blue]this[/COLOR].subMenu1\_mc.sub1\_mc.btnProfile\_btn.[COLOR=blue]onRelease[/COLOR] = [COLOR=blue]function[/COLOR] () {  
mcLoader.[COLOR=blue]loadClip/COLOR;  
}

… but of course, this doesn’t work. Except for the rollOver effect, nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong? If more specifications are needed, please let me know!

John