# Root syntaxes are driving me nuts!

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-syntaxes-are-driving-me-nuts/292877
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**Created:** [July 20, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-syntaxes-are-driving-me-nuts/292877 "2009-07-20T19:06:53Z")
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### Author: ![screeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@screeg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/screeg)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/root-syntaxes-are-driving-me-nuts/292877/1 "2009-07-20T19:06:53Z")

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Okay, so far I’ve got MovieClip(root) to target an MC at the root, and Object(root) to target an Object at the root.

How do I target a function defined on the main timeline from the timeline of a movie clip?