# Tell target

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/62147
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/62147 "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/62147/1 "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: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/62147/2 "2004-08-25T09:58:33Z")

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

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-target/62147/3 "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…