# Mytarget.play(); Wont listen to me

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mytarget-play-wont-listen-to-me/137454>\
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**Created:** [February 14, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mytarget-play-wont-listen-to-me/137454 "2005-02-14T19:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![imported\_FlashFish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@imported\_FlashFish](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/imported_FlashFish)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mytarget-play-wont-listen-to-me/137454/1 "2005-02-14T19:24:46Z")

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I’ve got a movie clip that i wanna trigger from a button. Ive done the usual on release mytarget.play(); but it just wont play. It’s not the button, coz ive tried it using a different mc as the target. it’s not the name coz I used the same name. The only thing I can see that’s different is that the target is in a mask, and is also sitting on a keyframe as part of a motion tween. This doesn’t matter right coz I’m sure ive done it in these circumstances many times before? I must have… Thanks in advance.