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questions involving independent movie clips

with flash mx, how do you make a button that effects the timeline of a different movie clip? For example: on(press) makes nextFrame of a seperate movie clip without affecting any others.

P.S. - I know this is a very simple thing to do, and i used to know how to do it, but after quite
a while w/out usin flash i've completely forgotten nearly everything.

on(press) {

_root.clipName.nextFrame();

}

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I have another question which kinda builds on this one... How do you name a mc instance within another mc. For instance, if i'm trying to do the above, the whole _root.clipName.nextframe() but my clipName (mc2) is within the clip mc1, how do i use the instance of mc2. I've tried just saying _root.mc2.nextframe(), but it doesn't work. Help please...

_root.mc1.mc2.nextFrame();

It works in layers, or levels. And if your in "mc2" trying to reach "mc1" you do

_parent.actionHere();

or

_root.mc1.actionHere();

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