# Basic variable problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-variable-problem/279472>\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-variable-problem/279472 "2009-01-15T00:59:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![jasonoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@jasonoda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jasonoda)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/basic-variable-problem/279472/1 "2009-01-15T00:59:55Z")

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I have a movieclip that’s basically a tween of a big box that comes down and covers the entire screen and then goes back up. when the screen is coved i want to change the frame the stage is on. in as2 i did it this way.

fader.play()  
fader.dest=“game”

and on the timeline on the fader movieclip somewhere in the middle i would write:

\_parent.gotoAndStop(dest)

I can’t belive as3 is so annoying that I can’t do a simple thing like this. how do I write this?

when i trace fader.dest i get undefined. grrrrrr! so stupid!