linking to a parent frame

[dynasty_four]

i know how to make a link to a parent frame in AS3

about_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, aboutClick);

function aboutClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
MovieClip(parent).gotoAndStop("about");
}

thats what i use.. works great. But how to I go up two movie clips, becuase the code above only goes up one movie clip. I'm trying to go up two movie clips instead of one now. any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

[Barna Biro]

By simply using parent.parent.gotoAndStop("about"); although, this is not a good practice but it will / should work and "get the job done". Good luck.

[dynasty_four]

whats a good practice to do then. is this way frowned apon or something?

[maskedMan]

Originally Posted by dynasty_four

whats a good practice to do then. is this way frowned apon or something?

It's better to have the function handled in the parent itself. So the parent listens for the button click and then sends itself to the correct frame.

[dynasty_four]

how exactly would that look? have the code in the parent and it looking for the button in the other frame?

[Barna Biro]

I'd suggest you stick to the parent.parent solution for the moment. The stuff we would post will surely just confuse you more and it will do more harm then good. The solution described by maskedMan is a better solution than parent.parent but also that solution could be taken a few steps higher by introducing different manager classes that would handle the moving and stuff... Ideally objects don't have to directly know about each other.

Just stick with the parent.parent solution for the moment and once you get more experienced with the technology and OOP then you can try to solve such problems in a more correct manner.

Jusy my 2 cents,
Cheers.

[dynasty_four]

thanks guys, it definately worked.