# Tell target help.help.help

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**Created:** [March 15, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894 "2002-03-15T10:16:05Z")\
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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:** [March 15, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/1 "2002-03-15T10:16:05Z")

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ok, i have a clip in the first timeline.\rthis clip contains 3 buttons.\rhow can i tell to these buttons on mouse release to go both:\r\r- to a label inside the clip’s timeline eg. to the 1st frame\r- to a label in the first timeline?\r\rhelp.help.help\r\rthanx

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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:** [March 15, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/2 "2002-03-15T11:04:00Z")

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Well, gotoAndPlay(1) will make it go to the 1st frame of the current movie clip, while \_root.gotoAndPlay(“label” ) will make the movie go to the label in \_root.\r\rpom 0]

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/3 "2002-03-15T11:23:36Z")

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thanx, it works, but why it does not work if i use the simple tell target or the simple gotoandplay?

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**Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/4 "2002-03-15T22:37:40Z")

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Well, as you may have noticed, Flash is a software that handles instances of objects. In order not to confuse everything, you have to pinpoint the location of your clips. If a movie clip “general” contains a movie clip “little”, you’ll just need to tellTarget(“little”), but if you want to go the other around, you need to write \_parent.gotoAndPlay, or \_root.general.gotoAndPlay… Because you’re going “up”.\rIs that clear enough ?\r\rpom 0]

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**Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/5 "2002-03-16T07:51:22Z")

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yes man, thanx

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**Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 7:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/6 "2002-03-16T07:53:50Z")

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i forgot to ask if there is a good book that is completely different from the classic tutorials (macromedia), they simply don’t answer to any question.

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**Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/7 "2002-03-16T09:52:19Z")

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well, the reference is the Actionscript Bible (Definitive Guide something), by Colin Moock. He has a site too. there’s a post by Eyez somewhere leading to it.\r\rBut really, I don’t think that a book is totally necessary. There are enough tutorials on the net and enough people on boards not to spend your money in books.\r\rpom 0]

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**Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target-help-help-help/2894/8 "2002-03-16T14:22:20Z")

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I depends on how you learn. I personaly learn better from spending time with a good book.