# Why I am getting an instance name?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-i-am-getting-an-instance-name/254723>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-i-am-getting-an-instance-name/254723 "2008-03-14T16:47:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alber\_Kidd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Alber\_Kidd](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Alber_Kidd)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-i-am-getting-an-instance-name/254723/1 "2008-03-14T16:47:22Z")

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I have my object on the timeline and it has an istance name, however when I use

```
trace(event.target.name);

```

I get ‘instance223’ instead of myBox\_mc.

Any ideas?