# Why can't I use 2 scrolling movieclips in the same movie?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-use-2-scrolling-movieclips-in-the-same-movie/207423>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 17, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-use-2-scrolling-movieclips-in-the-same-movie/207423 "2006-11-17T11:31:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![spindrift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@spindrift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spindrift)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-cant-i-use-2-scrolling-movieclips-in-the-same-movie/207423/1 "2006-11-17T11:31:23Z")

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Hi all,

I’ve created a couple of sites now that both use scrolling movieclips…

If there is one scrolling mc, it works fine but as soon as I add another (using the same code and instance names - just a different mc) the up buttons fail to work properly. I’ve tried changing the instance names but it makes no difference.

Does anyone know why this happens? Is it a bug in Flash 8? Is there a way round this?

Thank you very much and I look forward to hearing from you.

Take care,

Mark