# Tell Target

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 21, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632 "2003-10-21T20:21:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tekademix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tekademix](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tekademix)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/1 "2003-10-21T20:21:19Z")

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I am currently having a problem adding the Tell Target action to a button.

The following is the hierarchy of my timeline:

-Root  
—Movie Clip (Instance Name=“FadeIn”)  
------Button (Instance Name=“Button”)  
----------Movie Clip (Instance Name=“About”)

The Movie Clip i’m trying to control is “About”. This MC is also placed within the ‘Over’ state of “Button”

I keep receiving the Target Not Found error in Base="\_level0.FadeIn"

Any advice or Syntaxes would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you need anymore required information.

Thanx in advance.

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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, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/2 "2003-10-21T21:37:19Z")

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Should be \_root.FadeIn.Button.About  
Check your spelling and capitalization. Also, make sure that you have truly given it an instance name and not just named the symbol in your library.

–EP

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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, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/3 "2003-10-21T21:48:45Z")

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Nope,… Still doesn’t work. I double-checked spelling and yes, I do have the instances named rather than just the symbols. I also made sure to have it all case-sensitive. I appreciate your response. Let me know if you have anymore advice please.

Thanx!

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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 22, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/4 "2003-10-22T02:57:12Z")

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try making your button a movie clip instead. To get the rollOver feel, simply make 4 key frames Manually, and label those, up, over, yada yada yada … you get the idea? this way, you can easily gain control of your “about” movie clip.

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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 22, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/5 "2003-10-22T02:58:59Z")

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Thanx! I’ve been waiting for a reply all day. Much appreciated!

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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 22, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/6 "2003-10-22T04:21:32Z")

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You’re welcome. Did it work?

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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 22, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/7 "2003-10-22T04:24:43Z")

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Not yet,… Im unsure on how to make the Hit state for a movie clip.

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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 22, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/33632/8 "2003-10-22T21:07:46Z")

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Typically you just create a mc in the shape of a the hit area you want and set the \_alpha = 0.