Using a MovieClip to affect the timeline.

[TheBirdBag]

Hello, I've been attempting to use a MovieClip as a button and make it use the gotoAndStop method on the timeline. But I'm unsure how to do that.

The code I use for this was like this:

function startGame(evt:MouseEvent):void {
	gotoAndStop(3);
	Parent.gotoAndStop(48); //Here is where I'm unsure
}
addEventListener
	(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startGame);

What I'm having trouble with is where I need to define that I want to change the frame on the Main Timeline, rather than the MovieClip's timeline. (The code is on a frame in the MovieClip's timeline.)

[abeall]

To access the main timeline, use this:

MovieClip(root).gotoAndStop(48)

parent would also work if your MovieClip is not nested in another MovieClip:

MovieClip(parent).gotoAndStop(48)

[TheBirdBag]

Thanks, it helped a lot. That will make things a quite a bit easier.