# Help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 20, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356 "2001-07-20T18:56:29Z")\
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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:** [July 20, 2001, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356/1 "2001-07-20T18:56:29Z")

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ok, im trying to tell a movie clip target that is on the main scene to goto and play frame 2. but it wont let me because im telling the target from inside another movie clip. how can i make it work? does it haave to do with targetpath or \_root? please help

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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:** [July 20, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356/2 "2001-07-20T20:09:08Z")

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If your’re using the tell target command you need to include the statement \_level0 in the brackets like so

tellTarget ("\_level0") {  
gotoAndPlay (2);  
}

If you were to call from a movie clip which resides on the main time line, to ANOTHER movie clip on the main time line, you would use something like

tellTarget ("\_level0.mymovieclip") {  
gotoAndPlay (2);  
}

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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:** [July 20, 2001, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356/3 "2001-07-20T20:21:54Z")

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well i was just trying stuff and i found soemthing that worked  
i did…

on (release) {  
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp tellTarget ("…/movieclip") {  
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp gotoAndPlay (2);  
&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp }  
}

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356/4 "2001-07-20T21:04:40Z")

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Another method would be to use \_root instead of levels. For example:

```auto
  
on (rollOver) {
         tellTarget ("_root.rollover") {
                   gotoAndPlay ("1text") ;
         }

```

The \_root prefix tells Flash to go the main timeline and then work its way to the movies. All the methods mentioned in these posts will work though 🙂

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help/3356/5 "2001-07-20T22:06:51Z")

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Yes, Kirupa is correct, AND you should try to start using the \_root command, as the …/ is being phased out in flash 5.

Another way of doing the \_root, would be to set your action script panel to “advanced” action scripting, and to type in:

“\_root.mymovieclip.gotoAndPlay(2)”