# Help with Timer/Timer events

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-timer-timer-events/266890
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 25, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-timer-timer-events/266890 "2008-07-25T06:45:45Z")
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### Author: ![mofakiii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@mofakiii](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mofakiii)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-timer-timer-events/266890/1 "2008-07-25T06:45:45Z")

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Here’s an odd question, let’s say I attach a timer to a movieclip, and add a TimerEvent.TIMER listener as well… inside of that timer event is there any way to retrieve the name of the movieclip it’s attached to?

Let say I have a MC on stage with an instanceName of box, and I have the following code…

```auto
 
box.openTimer = new Timer(1000, 0);
box.openTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, moveBox);
box.openTimer.start();
 
function moveBox(event:TimerEvent):void {
 box.y+=5;
}

```

This code will move the box down 5 pixels every second, but only because inside the moveBox function I specifically say box.y. If know if I used event.currentTarget inside that function, it refers to the timer, but is there any way to retrieve the name of the MC the timer is attached to so I don’t have to specifically state it?

I was thinking it might be something like event.currentTarget.parent, but that didn’t work because I guess the timer isn’t really a ‘child’ of box.

Anyway, just wondering if this is possible. Thanks for any help!