# Targetting an MC - proper syntax

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targetting-an-mc-proper-syntax/170327>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 24, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targetting-an-mc-proper-syntax/170327 "2005-11-24T18:14:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![dmog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@dmog](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dmog)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/targetting-an-mc-proper-syntax/170327/1 "2005-11-24T18:14:58Z")

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I am targeting a a movie clip. The problem is that all the syntax I have found for targetting clips looks like this:

\_root.sample\_mc.sample2.mc. etc.

The problem is, my target clip is in an swf that I’ve loaded into a container clip from my main timeline.

So, essentially, I have a home.swf that loads menu.swf into a container called ‘location’. In menu.swf, I have an MC called center, which contains the MC I am targetting called ‘target’.

Can someone enlighten me as to what the proper path would be to target my ‘target’ MC?

Thanks a lot!