Commanding a parent movie clip

Hi guys, hope you can help. Firstly I'm new to Flash - please
be gentle!
I have 2 SWF files, A and B. A is a master page which loads B
into itself (for use as a menu) using loadmovie. In B there are
images that, when clicked, load an image into a programmatically
created mc in A . Loading and rotating this mc from B is fine,
however I cannot seem to, for example, apply filters to the mc in A
from B . Also I can't seem to draw into A either.
My ultimate aim is to have, when clicked in B, the mc in A
display the photo (this works). Then I want to draw a white
rectangle behind the mc and apply a drop shadow to it - the idea
being that it ends up looking like a polaroid.
I hope that makes sense!! Below is the code I am running
(using Flash 8).
Thanks a lot!
Dan

sorry had very less time i jus gave a glance to ur code bu
don have the sufficient time to do it all at my end n c whats the
prob...
but i guess i know where u r stuck ....c lockroot
property..when u load a file using loadMovie...using _root..here in
ur case its _level0..it refers to _root of the loaded movie n not
_root of the movie into which u loaded ...so use _lockroot property
first in the fla that u r trying to load..
i hope that ll solve the problem

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http://208.131.133.122/flash/
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which plays through
the length of the thumbnails. Do you mean you want to
replicate and reverse this on the third wooden button 'scroll up' ?
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> I have a movie clip (I'll call it B_mov) inside another
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> How do I return to A_mov from there? I assume this
> is ActionScript territory.
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via
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> different timelines.
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are defined
by something called the MovieClip class. In fact, all objects
in
ActionScript are defined by corresponding classes (text
fields are defined
by the TextField class, arrays by the Array class, and so
on).
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entry of
the ActionScript Language Reference (the Help panel) to find
out everything
you need to know about movie clips. The characteristics of
the object are
called properties (you'll find references to width, height, x
and y
position, etc.). Things the object can do, such as stop(),
play(), and the
like, are called methods. Things the object can react to --
mouse clicks,
for example -- are called events.
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using, and the
exact wording of your code depends on that, but for example,
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2.0, you'll find that movie clips have a _parent property (in
ActionScript
3.0, it's simply parent). This property allows the movie clip
in question
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property.
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view from
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I have tried
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I actually tried a post earlier that was simplified, but I think the setup of scenes might be important....anyways, here it is.
Setup:
Scene 1 > MovieClip1 > MovieClip2 > MovieClip3 > MovieClip4
Explanation:
I am in MovieClip4, in which I have a "Close_btn" that when clicked, it takes you to label "return" (still inside MovieClip4), which then plays the movie clips in the layers below label "return." What I want it to do is....Once label "return" plays, I need the code to make it go into "MovieClip2" and play a movie clip with the "Instance" Name of "Logo_1."
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Attempt to move main timeline from inside a movie clip breaks menu buttons.

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I have a singl movie clip which has an embedded video inside.
I use the following actionscript commands to stop and play it
onClipEvent(load) {
stop();
onClipEvent(mouseDown) {
play(); }
onClipEvent(mouseUp) {
stop(); }
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clicked by mouse ONLY on movie clip area which occupies only a
small part of the stage. However, when I click the mouse ANYWHERE
on the stage the movie starts to play.
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sorry, I made a mistake- i had not re-saved my files, so it
worked but not the way i thought...
my code, based on your response is attached- however it
doesnt work...
mcOther is a mc within the "child" - other.swf.
this code needs to be in the "parent" swf...
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Flash CS4 Link to a Movie Clip from inside another Movie Clip

I am working on a Flash CS4 project which has 5 buttons with 5 corresponding movie clips all on the main timeline. Everything in functional so far.
My problem is this: I want to be able to mouse click on a particular word in the text inside movie clip 4 ("mc4") and have it link to movie clip 3 ("mc3") (on the main timeline).
I've tried many things, and I can't get it working.
I have tried to highlight the word then link it to "mc3" in the properties panel where it says link (I successfully linked to an email address and to an outside website in other parts of the project)....
I tried to link it in the properties panel to "mc3", I tried & "parent.mc3", "root.mc3";
Linking it this ways seems to be the simplest, logical thing to do, but I don't know what kind of prefix it needs.
Then, I tried making the word (inside mc4) an invisible button (button6) then linking it to the mc3, with it's actionscript in the main timeline with the other button functions.
I tried duplicating mc3 and duplicating invisible button 3 and moving it's hotspot to over the word.
I tried putting a copy of mc3 and the button inside mc4, with the actionscript also inside mc4.
I tried duplicating mc3 and calling it mc6, and putting that inside mc4, with the actions back on the main timeline, and tried again with the actions inside mc4.
I tried with mc6 and invisible button 6 on the main timeline, but that doesn't seem possible.
I tried using this code from Adobe Actionscript 3.0:
button6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMovie);
function startMovie(e:MouseEvent):void
this.play("mc6"); [and I also tried with "mc3"]
Nothing works!! Please, I would appreciate any suggestions!!
Thanks,
Suzanne

If I limit my attention to the second sentence of your posting, then I suggest the following (borrowing from the rest of your posting)...
If that invisible button6 is inside MC3 (on MC3's main timeline), atop the word you are trying to link to the movieclip, and you just want to make mc4 play by clicking that invisible button6, then assign the following code to the button6 inside MC3...
button6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMovie);
function startMovie(e:MouseEvent):void
MovieClip(this.parent).MC4.play();
If I missed, then I missed following your explanation.

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I'm trying to assign a mouseclick event listener to a simplebutton nested within a movie clip's later frames, starting at frame 2 and up. This card, however, is not added to my game until later, and when the player clicks on it/turns it over.
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#3 my artifactCard file movieClip's corresponding .as file,
#4 my combo1.as file corresponding to a an instance of a simpleButton named combo1 that is already
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So do how would I declare a static public variable of this simpleButton at the start of my main .as
file to make it defined to get a mouseDown actionListener into my pre-existing-and-named-instance
combo1 simpleButton?
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~Ethan

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stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, keyPressed);
function keyPressed(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
     //trace(event.keyCode);
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Where I show the "???" you would replace with the keyCode for the key you want pressed for that sound. To determine the keyCode you can use the trace line that I have commented out.
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