how to address clip in diff scene? 1

[iostream71]

i have 2 scenes. i want to press a button in the first scene and start a clip on the second frame in the other scene. so basically:

press button in scene 1
goto frame 2 in clip "x" of scene 2

 

[oldnewbie]

on(press){
_root.movieclip_instance's_name.play();
}
Whatever the scene.

Regards,

 

[iostream71]

don't think that would work

scene(main)) press button
then,
goto frame 2 of movieclip(myClip) in scene(news)

so what action should i put on the button

on(release){
?
}

 

[oldnewbie]

Ok!
Script on button in scene "main":

on (release) {
gotoAndPlay ("news", 1);
}

On first frame of scene "news" (with a stop action):

_root.myClip.gotoAndStop(2);

Regards,

 

[iostream71]

cool, that worked out =). my question is, why can't i do something like this from my calling scene:

on(release){
news.myClip.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
how do i refer to a particular scene?

 

[oldnewbie]

The movie clip has to be present in the scene and on the frame, in which you're calling it.
Thus, it could be in your main scene, invisible if you have a first clear keyframe on it, or if you've preset it to be invisible in the beginning of the movie, and simply using _root.myClip.gotoAndStop(2); would work fine.
Otherwise, you have to first send the movie to where the clip is present for it to work.

Regards,
And might I be blessed with your vote!

 

[coldfused]

blessed....

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