# TellTarget in MX

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-in-mx/6688>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 14, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-in-mx/6688 "2002-10-14T10:36:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bobo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@Bobo72](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bobo72)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-in-mx/6688/1 "2002-10-14T10:36:25Z")

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Hi,

I realise that the following question is very basic…

Which action-script commands will enable me of controlling movie clips in Flash MX? (I used to use ‘Tell Target’ in Flash 5). What I wish to do is very simple; tell a movie clip to go to a certain frame and play on…

Any help is much appreciated, thanx

/Bobo, Denmark

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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 14, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/telltarget-in-mx/6688/2 "2002-10-14T10:44:59Z")

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They decided to do away with the tellTarget(); action in Flash MX, and replace it with the much simpler dot notation. So instead of using (forgive poor syntax)

tellTarget(\_root.mymovieclip){  
goToAndPlay(2)  
}

we just use the dot notation to target the clip, like this:

\_root.mymovieclip.goToAndPlay(2)

Get it? So you just use a dot as a separator to get clips within clips, and add the desired action on the end, also separated by the dot.