# Tell targeting an mc on main timeline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-targeting-an-mc-on-main-timeline/114634>\
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**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-targeting-an-mc-on-main-timeline/114634 "2004-06-30T08:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ilik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4af34b/32.png) [@ilik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ilik)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/tell-targeting-an-mc-on-main-timeline/114634/1 "2004-06-30T08:57:02Z")

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hello people,  
i have a problem with tell targeting. basically i have two mc on the main timeline and one(MC1) has a button burried in it. i want that button to tell the other mc (crystal) to play a label “editions” inside it.

my code is:

on (release) {  
\_root.crystal.gotoAndPlay(“editions”);  
}

but it only works when the crystalMC is on the first frame of the root.

is there a way of telling the root to move to the position of the first mc and then play a label inside that mc?

any help greatly appreciated