# Targeting issues

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-issues/221299>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-issues/221299 "2007-04-03T07:26:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-issues/221299/1 "2007-04-03T07:26:34Z")

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hi there.  
i was wondering.

ive got one swf that loads another external swf into its project into level 2 and i was wondering how do i code something in the externally loaded swf to detect movie clips and arrays and so forth in the one it was loaded with.

like how u normally would use \_root.movieclipname\_mc.so and so on the parent swf but how would u do it from an externally loaded one all i can make the externally loaded one pick up from the parent one atm is its global variables.

ne idea thanks.