# Tell target

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/120549>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/120549 "2004-08-25T09:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![my\_portal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@my\_portal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/my_portal)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/120549/1 "2004-08-25T09:40:55Z")

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i want to tell a movie clip (with a instance name “myClip”) to play but i am on a anouther MC what the AS?

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**Author:** ![NovemberRain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/73ab20/32.png) [@NovemberRain](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NovemberRain)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/120549/2 "2004-08-25T09:58:33Z")

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on (release) {  
tellTarget (\_root.ball.play()){ //This the target movieclip.  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![macneilslt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@macneilslt](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/macneilslt)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/120549/3 "2004-08-25T14:22:35Z")

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tell target is more flash 5, just use…

```auto

on(release) {
   _root.myMovieClip.gotoAndPlay(5);
}

```

or what ever you want to do 🙂

just make sure you specify the right path to the movie…

\_root, \_parent, or what ever the path to your MC is…