Simple Action Script question

This is probably a very basic question, but going through all
my old Flash work didn't help me remember...
I have my animation starting on the main stage with an image
fading in. when that is done playing, at the end i want it to go to
a movie clip on the stage and play it from frame 2. what is the
action script for this?

Doesn't seem to be working... your_mc is the instance name of
the mc, correct? i placed this script in a frame - it's above where
my mc first appears and the initial animation on the stage ends. is
that correct?
stop();
tellTarget(mc_square-grid){
gotoAndPlay(2);
When I test the movie, the initial animation plays then
stops, but the MC does not start playing. and the following error
message appears:
Target not found: Target="NaN" Base="_level0"
quote:
Originally posted by:
ActionScripter1
tellTarget(your_mc){
gotoAndPlay(2);

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I need to create an script for a basic function; when mouse goes over a moveclip, that works also link, I want it to trigger an invisible red dot on a nerby map. I have created a movieclip and named it "red", it's a 1 sec clip with nothing in the beginning and a red dot in the end. I want this dot to trigger and show only when mouse goes over this specific link, otherwise it must be invisible.
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I still need help, this problem is little more complicated;
I can manage making the red dot visible and invisible by triggering roll over and roll out on a button.
The problem is, I have a navbar which is line of flags made to a movie clip, with 5 invisible buttons. These buttons are configured to do three different actions; get URL, trigger a light effect and a movement effect.
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