paths

[lew]

hello im lewis i am new to action scripting and am a little confused by the paths :confused: and i need some help

i understand the cmd for them to objects and variables eg

_root.youngest.middle.oldest:text

but i dont understand how they are used it says to play clip 1 in clip 2?
are they scenes you want to link together or buttons going to each scene or something it says youngest to middle what is the point in this what does it actually do and what does it do when u path to a variable please help

stressed lewis

[lew]

also with the instances after doing the tutorial are you supposed to have the knowledge to do that mouse thing how the heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel

[Ricod]

The path revers to a variable named "text" in a clip named "oldest" which is place in a clip named "middle" which in its turn is placed in a clip named "youngest" which is placed on the _root. So if you'd want to tell something to youngest (for instance that t should go to frame 10), you'd use the path : _root.youngest (for instance : _root.youngest.gotoAndPlay (10); )

[lew]

ok i see that the variable is "text" and that is in a clip , ok
but what does the clip represent , is it a scene or a symbol on the flash work surface if youngest = a new scene and

_root.youngest gotoAndplay (1) ;
}

if that would work to get to the beginning of a scene then i understand but how do u make a path work AND WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE


and im sorry i need all the help i can im a newbie to action script

[lew]

i jsut saw that mc means movie clip is a movie clip a scene if not how o i set up a movie clip ?
and then ill get it

[tg]

1. open up flash
2. from the menu, clip help
3. go down the menu and select lessons
4. do all of the lessons there, and then come back here and redo the first 10 toots or so.

[Ricod]

thats a great idea TG ! In there you'll find everything u need to know. Sorry lew, but this forum is more for problems like : Okay I did this and that and its supposed to do sumthing, but it won't !

basically a path is just a path. U know, like with url's. This site's _root would be : http://www.actionscripts.org and its child (this forum for instance) /forums.

Thus, the full path to the forum would be : http://www.actionscripts.org/forum

Makes any sense to u ?

[lew]

oh i see thanx thats all i needed to know mate i just dont use the word movie clip i use scene i was unsure if it was the same or not now i understand fully thank you now i can get on with learning action script and please believe i am not a newbie to flash animation ill tell u my site when its up
any way fankew very much m8

Lewis

[Ricod]

Nothing to it. Just one thing : Next time you post, please use capitals and points etc. Otherwise its hard to read.

[lew]

Sorry , i'll start to from now , thanks , lew