# Tell target?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33569>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33569 "2003-10-21T05:48:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [October 21, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33569/1 "2003-10-21T05:48:47Z")

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okay, i have a movie clip on the stage, it is a drum made of 2 frames, first has a stop action, and second has a drum noise.  
it has the instance name of: drums

i used the AS

on(keyPress “d”) {  
tellTarget(“drums”) {  
gotoAndPlay(2);  
}  
}

when i play the movie, and press D, i get the error:

Target not found: Target=“drums” Base="\_level0.drums"

anyone know what i am doing wrong?

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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:** [October 21, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33569/2 "2003-10-21T06:05:12Z")

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never mind, i’m retarded, sorry for the wastage of posting space.