# Problems With Telltarget
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255 "2003-08-25T00:33:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@moshlp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/moshlp)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/1 "2003-08-25T00:33:20Z")
hi, i´m just starting to use the tellTarget command and I´m having some problems.
In the timeline I have 2 layers, one is a button and the other is the animation of the tellTarget (in the first keyframe there´s a flag).
The script of the button is:
on (rollOver) {
tellTarget (“submenu”) {
play(); }
}
and when I created the layer of the animation (“submenu”) in the properties menu I wrote submenu.
The problem appears when I preview my work, an error window appears and says :
Destino no encontrado: Destino=“submenu” Base="\_level0"
my Flash is in Spanish, but I guess you know what the error is.
Please help!!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/2 "2003-08-25T00:55:58Z")
what i did was to use the first keyframe of the telltarget with a stop() action , and changed
tellTarget (“submenu”) {
play(); }
}
for:
submenu.gotoAndPlay(2);
but it doesn´t start in the frame 2, it doesn´t start at all, where´s is the problem???
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/3 "2003-08-25T02:55:45Z")
Well i know nothing about telltarget, but all i know is that if you’re using flash MX, theres no point using it. It is decapracated (or however you spell it), and so you should be using the dots instead
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/4 "2003-08-25T02:57:18Z")
yes,fine, but the problem is that IT DOESN´T WORK either way. The dots are NOT the problem
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/5 "2003-08-25T03:01:03Z")
It doesn’t work the dot way either??? can i see your fla?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/6 "2003-08-25T03:02:49Z")
sure
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problems-with-telltarget/29255/7 "2003-08-25T04:55:56Z")
first of all you did not put an instance on your movieclip, second the button didnt have the correct path where the movieclip was located in this case \_root so it would do nothing chekc out the code i added to the buton as well as the instance i gave to the movieclip. Instances are not given in the timeline layes theyare given in the properties tab when you select the movieclip or button good luck