# Targeting prob
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118 "2003-09-04T03:09:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jc\_](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jc_)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/1 "2003-09-04T03:09:27Z")
hello folks!
I have a little AS prob.
Any help would be appreciated.
I’m trying to figure out,
how to call a function that is in a movie clip that is in a component.
:\*(
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/2 "2003-09-04T03:57:15Z")
please try to be a little more specific try posting your AS or your fla so we can look at your code or the original file 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/3 "2003-09-04T04:38:02Z")
Make the function global.
\_global.functionName = function() {//do this}
Useage…
\_global.functionName();
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/4 "2003-09-04T14:30:24Z")
\*\*[U]thnx alot for your help lostinbeta![/U] \*\*
I will give it a shot this evenning and post an update later…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/5 "2003-09-05T00:26:58Z")
it worked fine! :thumb:
thnx again **lostinbeta** & [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com)!
here is a sample (if it helps anyone…):
[AS]btn\_sample.onPress = function() {
\_global.gshow();
};
\_global.gshow = function() {
trace(“gshow func called”);
};
[/AS]
:A+:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targeting-prob/30118/6 "2003-09-05T01:47:12Z")
Cool, glad I could help :thumb: