# Help!
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 22, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386 "2003-07-22T16:41:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Andr00K](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Andr00K)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/1 "2003-07-22T16:41:07Z")
[CLICK HERE FOR PROBLEM](http://charmed.nu/andrew/problem.html)
Ok, well the problem is explained on the page but HELP MEE!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/2 "2003-07-22T16:46:59Z")
It is a targeting issue.
Make sure that you don’t use \_root in the external movie that you are loading in. What you should use varies on where the actions are placed, but usually “this” (no quotes) or \_parent work.
Targetting is an important thing to learn in Flash, so I recommend learning that as early as possible 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/3 "2003-07-22T16:55:46Z")
I dont really have a clue :!: ??? Anyways I’m not too good with actionscript but…
> \*Originally posted by lostinbeta \*
> \*\* but usually “this” (no quotes) or \_parent work. \*\*
I dont really know how to use “this” and \_parent lol. If i replace \_root with \_parent it just dosnt show up. The problem isnt that the thing wont load, its it only plays once… and I don’t know of that IS the problem you are addressing but I’m kind of lost out there:hair:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/4 "2003-07-22T17:02:46Z")
It isn’t looping around because your targeting is wrong to get it to loop around.
Read this on targeting…
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/root\_parent\_this.asp](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/tricks/root_parent_this.asp)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/5 "2003-07-22T18:20:04Z")
That is very fruity. Kinda scurry.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/6 "2003-07-22T19:52:26Z")
> \*Originally posted by DigitalPimp \*
> \*\*That is very fruity. Kinda scurry. \*\*
That’s quite uncalled for. He asked for help, not opinions, and calling something “fruity” can be offensive.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/26386/7 "2003-07-22T21:16:36Z")
Yeah the little rainbw stuff might be “scurry” whatever that means but… it was just some random thing i put it. Its not whats final. I just needed help on how to actually get it right. So you cant think whatever you want about it 😃