# Path

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054>\
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**Created:** [July 18, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054 "2003-07-18T23:13:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![NeoDreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ccd318/32.png) [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/1 "2003-07-18T23:13:11Z")

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I’ve got a button inside a movie clip symbol (named “section 1a”). I’m using a tell target on this button to play a movie clip symbol on the main timeline (named “web”). How do I correctly write out the path for “web?” I’ve tried “/…/web” and “/root.web”, but they didn’t work.

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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 18, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/2 "2003-07-18T23:31:19Z")

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if you’ve got MX dont use tell target, but instead use levelX or \_root.\*

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/3 "2003-07-18T23:33:25Z")

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Do **not** use tellTarget anymore… tellTarget uses slash notation, which has been deprecated since Flash 5. :-\

To target an object in the main timeline, you use **\_root**. example:  
[AS]myButton.onRelease = function() {  
\_root.myMovieClip.\_visible = false;  
};[/As]  
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary633.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary633.html)

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/4 "2003-07-18T23:36:06Z")

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> _Originally posted by mlkdesign_  
> **if you’ve got MX dont use tell target, but instead use levelX or \_root.** \*

Even if he has Flash 5, he _should_ use the dot sintax. 😉

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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 18, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/5 "2003-07-18T23:36:36Z")

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Oh come on! It said in the kirupa tutorial to use it. I’ve already used it like 500 times, so it would take to long to change it all.

What does deprecated mean? And what is its significance?

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/6 "2003-07-18T23:39:39Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26561](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26561)… :sigh:

**EDIT.** By the way, I think it would be “/:myMovieClip”. I’m not sure, I’ve never used slash notation. 😛

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/7 "2003-07-19T00:01:29Z")

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I tried all your suggestions, but they failed.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/8 "2003-07-19T00:04:37Z")

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I tested “/:myMovieClip” a few minutes after I replied. It worked for me.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/9 "2003-07-19T00:05:56Z")

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not for me

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/10 "2003-07-19T00:06:37Z")

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😛

… attach your FLA. 😉

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/11 "2003-07-19T01:00:24Z")

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Would it matter if the movie i was trying to call up was under a folder?

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/12 "2003-07-19T01:13:08Z")

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Here is my source.

**Both**

- What you are supposed to be seeing:
- The top button (inside a MC) triggers “web” to play when rolled over. “Web” is the square that looks has two peices of paper on top of each other.

**nowork.fla and nowork.swf**

- The busted version
- Test it in flash to see the errors
- Rollover the Natural Habit button

**works.fla and work.swf**

- This is what you should be seeing
- For some reason, when I drag the two items out onto a clean sheet, it works.

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/13 "2003-07-19T01:39:39Z")

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/14 "2003-07-19T01:41:53Z")

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nowork.swf

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/15 "2003-07-19T01:42:33Z")

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nowork.fla

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/16 "2003-07-19T02:15:43Z")

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I have no idea why it doesn’t work… but I know how to fix it. 😛

Select the MovieClip instance _web_, open the Actions Panel and put a comment on it.  
[AS]// it will work now!![/AS]  
BTW, attaching the SWF’s is totally useless, you could attach both FLA’s in the same ZIP file. :sigh:

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/17 "2003-07-19T02:38:04Z")

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You’re right. It works now. Too bad this trick doesn’t work on a movie clip i want to play “on the release” of the button.

\*\* EDIT : PROBLEM SOLVED. I collapsed a folder that contained actions that weren’t supposed to be there, so I couldn’t see them the whole time!

THANKS KODE.  
\*\*

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**Post date:** [July 19, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/path/26054/18 "2003-07-19T02:42:28Z")

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No problem. 😛