gotoAndPlay not working in MC 1

[skeletrooper]

I have a MC instance that functions as a button, in order to get the proper button animation I need. I use a gotoAndPlay(scene, frame) function, but the movie won't goto and play the other scene upon mouseclick. Any ideas? Here's my button:

onClipEvent (load) {
stop ();
var speed = 1;
var direction;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (direction == "ff&quot {
gotoAndStop (_currentframe+speed);
} else if (direction == "rr&quot {
gotoAndStop (_currentframe-speed);
}
}
on (rollOver) {
_root.oneOut.direction = "ff";
}
on (rollOut) {
_root.oneOut.direction = "rr";
}
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("Commercials", 1);
}

The gotoAndPlay line doesn't work. BTW, My MC instance is named "oneOut". Upon button release, the clip plays from its first animation frame (in scene "Home&quot, but does not got to the "Commercials" scene.

-Wes

 

[oldnewbie]

Instructor Bill (He's had a hard day!) would of answered that you shouldn't be using scenes. My mentor hates scenes!

Here's my proposal...

From movie clips and/or from external .swfs loaded on other levels, you cannot target scene names. You should target a labeled frame instead. Thus, if you're targeting frame 1 of your "Commercials" scene, label that first frame with an unique label such as commer1 (Or whatever suits you... But no number only labels or at least not starting off with a number!), add _root (from movie clips) or _level0 (from external .swfs loaded on other levels) to your path, and simply target that labeled frame, in your button's or frame's actionscript...

on(release){
    _root.gotoAndplay("commer1");
}

Don't forget the doubles quotes in the gotoAndPlay action, not in the label naming itself.
Works wonders!

Regards,

I'm Bill Watson's biggest fan!

 

[skeletrooper]

Thanks oldnewbie...worked like a charm!

So scenes are bad - they do seem like an afterthought of flash (hard to reference, etc.). But it does keep the timeline organized for us newbies!

Thanks again.

 

[oldnewbie]

No problem! And no, scenes are not necessarily bad, and can work fine in many situations.

Regards,