To try and make this simple, I have on my main time line, mc#1 and inside of mc#1 I have actionscript to place mc#2,#3,#4,#5,#6,#7 inside mc#1/frame 1. each one of these movie clips #2-#7 have a button symbol in them with a instance name btn_1, btn_2, btn3, btn_4,btn_5,and btn_6. thes buttons form a 3d cube by the action scrip inside mc#1. hope I did not loose you yet. ok question is how can i get the mouse event "on click" to open an external mc#8 to open in the main time line. or is this not possible. any help or reffrence would be greatly apreaciated. Thanks alot Sincerly Sybershot.