# Quick Question -- Targeting MCs
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 17, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412 "2004-06-17T17:02:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@th3Phallex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/th3Phallex)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/1 "2004-06-17T17:02:00Z")
I have a movie clip on the root stage.
It’s instance name is “introMC”.
Inside the “introMC”, I have another MovieClip that I am resizing with Actionscript:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
XScaleDest = 2000;
YScaleDest = 700;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this._xscale != XScaleDest) {
this._xscale += (XScaleDest-this._xscale)*.1;
}
if (this._yscale != YScaleDest) {
this._yscale += (YScaleDest-this._yscale)*.1;
}
if (this._xscale >= (XScaleDest-10)) {
this._xscale = XScaleDest;
this._yscale = YScaleDest;
//_root.introMC.gotoAndStop("doneFrame");
}
}
```
As you can see by the commented line (//…), when the MC is done resizing, I want the “introMC” MovieClip to gotoAndPlay the frame called “doneFrame”…
But the
```auto
_root.introMC.gotoAndStop("doneFrame");
```
command doesn’t work. It just keeps re-doing the resize animation.
I know I’m forgetting something. Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/2 "2004-06-17T17:09:21Z")
Did you give an instance name to the introMC?
You could simnply use _\_parent.gotoAndStop(“doneFrame”)_
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/3 "2004-06-17T17:15:00Z")
> [@claudio](#):
>
> Did you give an instance name to the introMC?
> You could simnply use _\_parent.gotoAndStop(“doneFrame”)_
Yes, please read what I posted above.
I DID SAY that I gave my MC an instance name of “introMC”.
And yes, I did try that (\_parent.gotoAndPlay), and it doesn’t work. It still seems to repeat the resizing animation, starting from \_xscale and \_yscale = 0 – when it’s done resizing, the \_xscale is 2000 and \_yscale is 700. It keeps repeating this over and over again. If I take out the (gotoAndPlay) stuff, it stops resizing just fine, and I can even trace stuff to the outuput panel.
I think I’m just targeting it wrong.
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/4 "2004-06-17T18:19:59Z")
I got it to work.
What I did was:
In my “introMC” MovieClip, in the first frame, I have this code:
```auto
done = false;
```
on the 11th frame, I have these actions:
```auto
if (done == true){
gotoAndPlay("doneFrame");
}
else{
gotoAndPlay(10);
}
```
then, once my “boxMC” is done resizing, in it’s (onClipEvent) actions, I have:
```auto
done = true;
```
So, in my **if** statement, it checks if the “done” variable is true or false. Once it’s true, it will finish the loop and go to the “doneFrame”.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/5 "2004-06-17T18:23:56Z")
It should be:
```auto
if (done **==** true){
gotoAndPlay("doneFrame");
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/6 "2004-06-17T18:26:38Z")
> [@claudio](#):
>
> It should be:
>
> ```auto
> if (done **==** true){
> gotoAndPlay("doneFrame");
> }
>
> ```
Yeah, sorry, I posted it wrong, but I coded it correctly in the movie.
It has been edited, although I am going to delete this thread.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/quick-question-targeting-mcs/113412/7 "2004-06-17T18:29:33Z")
I wouldn’t delete it - someone else might learn from it!
p.s. I like your footer! :thumb: