# Rollover tutorial help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981>\
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**Created:** [October 21, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981 "2002-10-21T14:50:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![geestring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@geestring](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/geestring)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/1 "2002-10-21T14:50:13Z")

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i made a rollover button like the one in tutorial but it doesn’t work.  
i did exactly what it says.  
when i put my cursor over it says:  
" Target not found: Target="/rollover" Base="\_level0""

please help me

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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:** [October 21, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/2 "2002-10-21T16:57:48Z")

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:::assuming you are also using the tellTarget way:::

Use \_root.YourMC.gotoAndPlay(frame#);

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**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/3 "2002-10-21T22:54:45Z")

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this is what i have:  
on (rollOver) {  
tellTarget ("/rollover") {  
gotoAndPlay (“1text”);  
}  
}

what do i do exactly?  
my movieclip called 1text

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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:** [October 22, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/4 "2002-10-22T02:27:26Z")

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1text should be a frame label, not a movie clip name.

That could be what is causing your problem.

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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:** [October 22, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/5 "2002-10-22T13:19:33Z")

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that is my frame label.

i do the tutorial it works. but wheni make my own it doesn’t

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/6 "2002-10-22T16:19:49Z")

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Well that is quite the odd situation. Obviously you are skipping a step somewhere if it works on the tutorial, but not when you do it yourself.

Try redoing the tutorial slower (I know I know, you probably have 🙂 ) to see if there is any step you may have missed.

Also…

```auto
on (rollOver) {
tellTarget ("/rollover") {
gotoAndPlay ("1text");
}
}

```

Can be changed to

```auto
on (rollOver) {
_root.rollover.gotoAndPlay("1text");
}

```

Much cleaner 🙂

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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:** [October 22, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/7 "2002-10-22T18:47:53Z")

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i used the new code and now that error msg doesn’t come up but it does nothing still.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/8 "2002-10-22T19:06:19Z")

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Can you post a .fla file?

It is kind of hard to pinpoint a problem with no visuals.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/9 "2002-10-22T19:57:40Z")

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here it is.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/10 "2002-10-22T20:07:38Z")

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I know the exact problem.

You forgot to assign the instance name “rollover” (without quotes) to your movie clip that contains the rollover animation.

\_root.rollover tells your movie to go to the movie clip with the instance name of rollover.

gotoAndPlay(“1text”) tells the movie to play the frame label 1text that is located in the movie clip labeled rollover.

To assign an instance name click on your movie clip and open the properties window. There will be a spot in there that say Instance Name, replace that with the instance name of your clip.

Problem solved… tried tested and true on this side.

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**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/11 "2002-10-22T22:36:31Z")

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wheres the properties window?  
yay it works. lostinbeta your a genius

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**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/rollover-tutorial-help/6981/12 "2002-10-23T01:07:08Z")

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I am supposing you found the properties window since you said that it worked???

If not… I think CTRL+F3 is the keyboard shortcut for it (not sure).