flash return to a certain frame in a 'different' swf

[sawfish]

I'm just wondering if this is at all possible.

I have a movie called 'msc' which works on about 9 frames, a different page on each frame.
On frame 8 there is a page called 'portfolio', this page has a link that goes to another swf file in another html page called 'textcall' which is in another folder.

What I want to know is, is it possible for me to navigate back in one click to frame 8 of the first swf movie from the textcall html page?

 

[MDLU]

You should be able to do it if you check the box "Named Anchor" in the frame properties. Just treat it like an HTML anchor.

 

[sawfish]

do you mean give frame 8 a frame label?

If so, what then?

sorry, bit of a novice still.

 

[oldnewbie]

You mean like a press on a browser's back button?

 

[MDLU]

Yes, give the frame a label and right under that box, you should see the checkbox for a Named anchor

 

[sawfish]

No, I dont mean the browser button, I mean a button on the swf file in the page called 'textcall'.

 

[MDLU]

Oh, well then you just need to use something like _parent or _root (depending on what depth you have your clips calling to/from) and then do something like this:

name the keyframe you want to go to in the movie clip and then in the other clip just do

_parent.gotoAndPlay("Main");

or _root.textcall.gotoAndPlay("Main");

And in your postings, I would say that you should refer to things like 'texcall' as movie clips, rather than pages. The term 'page' is generally used to refer to HTML pages.