How do I target an "unnamed" child movieclip inside a "named" parent movieclip?

[mordaga2015]

I'm starting a new post about this to minimize hijacking the original post where I posed the subject question. (https://community.adobe.com/t5/animate-discussions/identify-an-instance-by-the-name/m-p/9319295)

My question/problem:

I have a series of "named" movieclips that each contain the same "unnamed" movieclip (on the second frame of the parent MC). I want to play the inner movieclip when a button (targeting the parent MC) is clicked.

@JoãoCésar  posted this reply:

You could do something like this:

function playInnerMC(e)
{
	e.currentTarget.gotoAndStop(1);
	e.currentTarget.children[0].gotoAndPlay(1);
}

this.parentMC.on("click", playInnerMC);

I think this is pointing me in the right direction, however I am getting an error in the console...

Uncaught TypeError: root[root.pageInstance][root.narrationMovieInstance].children[0].gotoAndPlay is not a function

root is a reference to "this" on my main timeline (var root = this;)

Could the error be occuring because the parent MC (narrationMovieIntance) contains a text layer "above" the movieclip I want to play?

Since the text is not a movieclip is this causing the "gotoAndPlay" error?

[kglad]

my answer to your previous post is the same. you need more info about those movieclips, though we know more now (as3) than before.

[mordaga2015]

My current workaround is to give all the child movieclips the same instance name.
Not as nice as I would like but it functions:

root[root.pageInstance][root.narrationMovieInstance].i_text_highlight.gotoAndPlay(1);

[kglad]

glad you have it resolved.