# TypeError: Error #1034: Question

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 27, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1034-question/293355 "2009-07-27T20:54:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/typeerror-error-1034-question/293355/1 "2009-07-27T20:54:54Z")

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Hi,

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i have created a simple movie clip of a blue circle on my first layer but not given it an instance name. I am trying to tell Flash that the following method is legal for the main timeline in the actions panel and send the timeline to frame 20

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MovieClip(parent).gotoAndStop(20);

however when get to run it i get the following error:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Stage@bc88b51 to flash.display.MovieClip.  
at test1\_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()

I got this code snippet from a book called Learning Actionscript 3.0, pg 65. Can somebody tell me how i can get the movieclip to send the main timeline to frame 20 pls

Thanks