# Targeting MC's

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-mcs/252072>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 15, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-mcs/252072 "2008-02-15T15:59:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![tmccann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85e7bf/32.png) [@tmccann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tmccann)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-mcs/252072/1 "2008-02-15T15:59:43Z")

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This is my first time posting a question so please excuse me if I don’t explain everything correctly. A little background on the project: I am creating a flash site. I’ve done this before but since I don’t have a lot of experience with actionscript, I use timeline tweens which increases the flash file size drastically. This time around I’d like to create an efficient lightweight flash site using actionscript tweens.

On to the question… I have my page title mc’s on the stage with instance names like title1, title2, title3, etc… I’d like to create a reusable function that I can call when clicking a button. I want the function to fade out any title mc that already has an alpha of 100 and when that tween is complete, fade in the new title mc. How can I target the mc that has an alpha of 100 without creating a function for each? Here’s what I have (it doesn’t work & excuse the mess, I’m very much a newbie with as):

function fadeTitle(target) {  
target.\_alpha = 0;  
var oldTitle = “title”+n; //this is what I need help with. I want n to be any number 0-6  
if (oldTitle.\_alpha=100) {  
var fadeOutTween:Tween = new Tween(oldTitle, “\_alpha”, mx.transitions.easing.None.easeNone, 100, 0, 20, false);  
var xPosOutTween:Tween = new Tween(oldTitle, “\_x”, Regular.easeOut, 16, 26, 20, false);  
trace(“fading old title out”);  
}  
xPosOutTween.onMotionFinished = function() {  
var fadeInTween:Tween = new Tween(target, “\_alpha”, mx.transitions.easing.None.easeNone, 0, 100, 20, false);  
var xPosInTween:Tween = new Tween(target, “\_x”, Regular.easeOut, 6, 16, 20, false);  
trace(“fading new title in”);  
};  
}

navAbout.onRelease = function() {  
fadeTitle(title2);  
}

Thanks! I probably have this all wrong :tired: