# Please Help! - Calling functions from another point in the timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-calling-functions-from-another-point-in-the-timeline/267534>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 2, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-calling-functions-from-another-point-in-the-timeline/267534 "2008-08-02T10:54:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![technocrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@technocrat](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/technocrat)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/please-help-calling-functions-from-another-point-in-the-timeline/267534/1 "2008-08-02T10:54:09Z")

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I want to call a function, lets say

```auto
function ypos (object, pos) {
Tweener.addTween(object, {_y:pos, time:0.8, transition:"easeOut"})
}

```

and this is in the maintime at 0.  
let say i have another object, statusbar, and this is at timeline 20, and i call the function

```auto

_root.ypos(_root.statusbar, 30);

```

but it does not work! please help!