# Trouble with paths, field names etc

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-paths-field-names-etc/172043
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [December 10, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-paths-field-names-etc/172043 "2005-12-10T08:29:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![kath421](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kath421/32/1897_2.png) [@kath421](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kath421)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2005, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/trouble-with-paths-field-names-etc/172043/1 "2005-12-10T08:29:17Z")

</div>

I’m trying to set up a preloader for my movie, and I’m having some trouble with paths etc. My main timeline has two movieclips, one for the preloaded content, and one for the preloader. The instance name of my content mc is ycmovie, so I’ve used the code below to try to access the loading details. My preloader mc contains the following:

```auto

total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();
remaining_bytes = total_bytes-loaded_bytes;
percent_done = int((loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100);
bar.gotoAndStop(percent_done);
_root.ycmovie.ifFrameLoaded ("loaded") {
	_root.ycmovie.gotoAndPlay("moviestart");
	
}

```

Whenever I preview I get the following message:  
\*\*  
**Error** Symbol=loader, layer=as, frame=1:Line 7: Expected a field name after ‘.’ operator.  
\_root.ycmovie.ifFrameLoaded (“loaded”) {\*\*

I assumed the field name was the instance name? But obviously I’m using incorrect syntax in the path. Can anyone help me out here?