Help with StopWatches in Flash

[tongxn]

I am making a racing game and i made a MC timer, which times in seconds. I also created a frame by frame animation for it (20fps) and created 22 seconds. Now i placed the IstanceName: clock, and the MCname: clock.
Placed it onto the stage and gave the AS:

On(keyDown, <SPACE>) //something like that..
tellTarget("clock"){
Stop;
}
}

Did I do anything wrong? I pressed space in the game and it gaves me an output window saying that it cannot locate the (MC/Instance) clock and so didn't the clock stop.

Thanks for any posts i can find in this place.
//P.s. There a'int any tutorials...
//P.P.s So I can't get that AS
//P.P.P.s Should i use _Root.clock.Stop? It don't work..

[Gloo pot]

Ooo i just learnt how to use tellTaget... You should ahve just looked at the help file sbut oh well... here is how to do it

make shore the instance of the MC is called clock

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
tellTarget ("_parent.clock") {
stop();
}
}
}

if you want i can try and help with any thing else

[TeroLebe]

Ooo i just learnt how to use tellTaget... You should ahve just looked at the help file sbut oh well... here is how to do it

so you learnt it... ok, but don't get use to it

tellTarget()
Deprecated since Flash Player 5. Macromedia recommends that you use dot (.) notation and the with statement.

use instead:

if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
   _parent.clock.stop();
}

[tongxn]

oh cool... thanks everybody.

[Gloo pot]

ooops didnt read that bit i just went straight to the example :P why do should i do it that way... i tested my way in flash 8 and it worked fine.... is it just just optimisation or somthing

[chriserrorplain]

it just makes it easier for you really in the long run, tellTarget can be a most frustrating way of doing things when they get bigger than the previously mentioned example.

[tonypa]

I would not use tellTarget unless you are making Flash4 game.

[Gloo pot]

Fair enough, thanks

[tongxn]

OkOK.