Controling mc from another mc

[garretthes]

I'm using actionscript 1.
I want the "home" menu button to also control a second mc. It's instance name is pl7_main. It's a secondary menu that needs to reset to frame one when home is pressed. The home button is inside another mc. What's the best way to do this?

[a_modified_dog]

on frame#1 of second mc add a trace - trace(this);
this will output the path that you must use from home button

hth

[garretthes]

Can you give me an example of the script. I'm quite dumb with actionscript even though I've been working in Flash since flash 5. Learning slowly

[a_modified_dog]

what is the output when you add the trace ?

[garretthes]

_level0.instance7

[garretthes]

I uploaded a scaled down version for you to see.

[garretthes]

Hey! I got it! I used the following script;

onClipEvent (load) {
_level0.instance7.gotoAndStop(1);
}

Thanks for the help!