# Trace instance?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-instance/157575>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 2, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-instance/157575 "2005-08-02T21:40:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![l2edsand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecd19e/32.png) [@l2edsand](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/l2edsand)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trace-instance/157575/1 "2005-08-02T21:40:47Z")

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Can to trace to find an instance name?

if not, how would you find an instance name of an mc without using the properties panel… i want to find it throught actionscript…