# Problem with tell target
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515 "2003-07-23T19:24:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@nauds](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nauds)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515/1 "2003-07-23T19:24:58Z")
Tell target doesnt work very well in MX, is there a newer way of telling a movie clip to play?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515/2 "2003-07-23T19:28:28Z")
tellTarget was out as of Flash 5 (but still used in Flash 5 for some reason)…
The new dot syntax method is…
targetClipYouWant.gotoAndPlay(frame)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515/3 "2003-07-23T19:39:16Z")
cool, so target.NameOfClip.gotoAndPlay(frame)
right?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-tell-target/26515/4 "2003-07-23T19:51:58Z")
Think of it as describing the path to a movie clip you want to go to. Just like to go this specific thread the whole relative path is:
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29506](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29506)
So, if you have a movieClip in a movieClip, in another movieClip your would have this:
movieClip1.movieClip2.movieClip3.gotoAndPlay(1);
Regards,
Viru.