jumping between MC's

[anto_123]

hi,
im using Flash 4
i have a button, "button1" ,in side a mc, "mc2" inside another mc "mc1", upon clicking "button1" i want to go to a different frame in the main time line, but cant get it to work.
any help apprecieted!
cheers

[tigei3281]

Hey what's up:

What you want to do is on the button, type this:
on(press){
_root.gotoAndStop(whateverFrameYouWant);
}

Also, make sure you have a stop() command on the _root frame or else FLASH will go to the frame before you click the button.

Hope this helps!

[anto_123]

Im using Flash 4 and it wont let me enter that structure of code, so what i done was this,
"On (Press)
Go to and Stop ("/root(3)")
End On"
but still no good
any ideas??

[tigei3281]

I'm not too sure. I'm not familiar with Flash 4. I learned on Flash MX. Sorry...

What does the help file say about the go to and Stop function???

[linckx]

might be a dumb answer, but I'll include a tip ;)

I think you should do your best to get hands on flash mx... it's soooo great, and with questions on flash 4 programming you might walk into many people telling you they don't know anymore...

the tip: next time you post code, try using the [ AS ] (without the spacing) tags.
they make:

on(release){
_root.gotoAndPlay("frame1);
}



look like:


on(release){
_root.gotoAndPlay("frame1);
}



robin

[tigei3281]

I'll remember to do that next time. But I also agree with linckx that you should upgrade to MX. It makes things much easier when coding stuff.

I have a question now that has nothing to do with jumping b/w MCs...

Is it possible to animate a Movie Clip with actionscript. Not just controlling the frames, but dynamically loading a picture for example and making it move with actionscript...I have yet to figure something like this out...