MC Addressing-DavDesign or OldNewbie or Flash Gurus... 2

[TulsaJeff]

I am having another problem with addressing movie clips on separate timelines...I have a movie clip inside another movie clip which resides on the main timeline(_root/Content/Menu)

I need buttons located in Menu to play certain frames in Content when pressed.

I have named the instances and used the instance names in the addressing but it does not work for some reason.

the addressing using instance names is (ContentRt/ContentIn) with "ContentIn" residing in Menu and "ContentRt" residing in the main timeline.

Originally I had my buttons on a MC called menu which was on the main timeline and I just used the actionscript:

on (press) {
tellTarget ("_level1&quot {
gotoAndStop ("Home"
}
}

Please help me and I will be eternally greatful! Thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

First, I'm far from being a guru as Dave probably is!
Second, I sometimes have a hard time understanding, through your posts, what you "kids" are trying to do.

If you send me your fla... I can have a look it!
If not... Guess you'll have to wait till Dave wakes up!

B-) "If nothing else, I can always serve as a bad example!”

 

[Lizzie]

Hi,
Not entirely sure what you mean either, but are you trying to make a movie clip stop and start and having trouble with levels?
If so try _root to send commands or whatever to the main stage.

 

[TulsaJeff]

well...if I was addressing the main timeline that is pretty simple for me now....however I am addressing another movie clip. I have given the movie clips instance names and used the instance names in the addressing but it still will not work.

What would help me more than anything I think is to see a simple example of 1 MC addressing the MC that contains it.



Example:

_root.MC1.MC2

MC2 is addressing MC1

I need a button in MC2 to tell MC1 to play a certain named frame.


How?s-)

 

[TulsaJeff]

well...if I was addressing the main timeline that is pretty simple for me now....however I am addressing another movie clip. I have given the movie clips instance names and used the instance names in the addressing but it still will not work.

What would help me more than anything I think is to see a simple example of 1 MC addressing the MC that contains it.



Example:

_root.MC1.MC2

MC2 is addressing MC1

I need a button in MC2 to tell MC1 to play a certain named frame.


How?s-)

 

[davdesign]

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root.mc1&quot {
gotoAndStop ("label"
}
}



dave dave@davdesign.co.uk

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