# Attachmovie targetpath

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-targetpath/123844>\
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**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-targetpath/123844 "2004-09-27T23:42:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Veryfine007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Veryfine007](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Veryfine007)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/attachmovie-targetpath/123844/1 "2004-09-27T23:42:18Z")

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I’m attaching [phil+“a”] to [“bob”+i] and I can’t seem to be able to alter phil’s properties. Tracing I get undefined.

\_root[“bob”+\_root.i].attachMovie(\_root.train, \_root.phil+“a”, \_root.i, {\_x:\_root.hold.\_x, \_y:\_root.mover});

\_root.phil.\_alpha =0;

trace([phil+“a”].\_alpha);