# \[FMX\] Tell Target?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-tell-target/16945>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-tell-target/16945 "2003-03-30T15:25:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maizoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maizoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maizoon)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-tell-target/16945/1 "2003-03-30T15:25:04Z")

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I am using tell target with a button to display information when you rollover as follows

on (rollOver) {  
tellTarget ("/info") {  
gotoAndPlay (“FirstIn”);  
}  
}  
on (rollOut) {  
tellTarget ("/info") {  
gotoAndPlay (“FirstOut”);  
}  
}

This works fine when I test the movie, but when I load this movie into another movie, it does not work. Am I doing something wrong?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-tell-target/16945/2 "2003-03-30T15:40:41Z")

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first off, tellTarget, though still operational, is not supported in Flash MX. the with command or direct referencing with dot-syntax is suggested as a replacement.

secondly, if you are loading your movie inside of another movieclip then /info is not the same as /info if that movie is playing alone. In slash-syntax (again, like telltarget is not suggested in MX) /info means the clip info on the \_root level. If you load the swf in a movieclip, the \_root level is not the same as that clips original \_root level because its old \_root is now that movieclip. Trying to access \_root then leads you to the main movie’s \_root (the movie you loaded that swf into)

So you have to either a) load the movie in a level and not a movieclip or b) use relative referencing to target the movieclip using \_parent.\_parent or whatever path it is you need to take.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/fmx-tell-target/16945/3 "2003-03-30T15:47:15Z")

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Hrm…gotcha. So how would I accomplish what I’m trying to accomplish using with? or dot-syntax? I was using tell target because i can animate the info coming in/out.