# Modular AS and target paths best practice

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modular-as-and-target-paths-best-practice/56295
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 2, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modular-as-and-target-paths-best-practice/56295 "2004-07-02T11:40:12Z")
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### Author: ![tommythewolfboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tommythewolfboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tommythewolfboy)
#### Post date: [July 2, 2004, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/modular-as-and-target-paths-best-practice/56295/1 "2004-07-02T11:40:12Z")

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I’m re-writing a movie so that elements of it are modular movieclips, so that should I wish to re-use them, I can simply copy onto the root time-line. What should I watch out for regarding my paths in the modular clips? i.e. should I always ensure they are relative or absolute? How example should I reference mouse properties (e.g. \_root.\_xmouse) which which will always be properties of the main movie root timeline?

Thanks,

t