# How do I target a movie clip in MX?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-a-movie-clip-in-mx/7458>\
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**Created:** [October 31, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-a-movie-clip-in-mx/7458 "2002-10-31T14:59:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pjc4real](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@Pjc4real](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pjc4real)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-a-movie-clip-in-mx/7458/1 "2002-10-31T14:59:12Z")

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Seeing that the tellTarget function has been “deprecated” (I don’t see why), how can I target a movie clip???

I have a button on a frame on the main timeline, which I want to link to a movie clip that has been placed in another frame (still on the main timeline). Ne ideas??

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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:** [October 31, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-target-a-movie-clip-in-mx/7458/2 "2002-10-31T16:10:20Z")

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There have been quite a few posts on the subject…

But anyway, now you have to use the dot syntax. What looked like  
tellTarget(“theclip”) {gotoAndPlay(2);}

should now look like  
theClip.gotoAndPlay(2);

pom :hat: