targetting an mc within an mc

[deelight]

hi everyone,

i have an mc on my main stage that is called 'projects' with a button over it (just a hit area etc.).

the action to it is:

on (release){
_root.projects.gotoAndPlay(2);

}
... and what it does is, fainting the word projects (that is written in frame one with a stop action) to alpha 20% in frame 10 of the mc. when frame ten is reached, the sub categories appear (1, 2, 3, ... etc). these sub categories are also mc's, that are alpha 100% in frame 1 with a stop action.

it works until this point. what i want to achieve now is, that the numbers faint when a button is released. i tried the same script:

on (release){
_root.one.gotoAndPlay(2);

}

... but that didnt work. i checked all my instances and made sure evrything is labelled right, but still nothing?

i think there might be another 'path' or something missing, so flash understands that mc 'one' is within mc 'projects'? could that be the problem.

any help and suggestions ..., please.

 

[oldnewbie]

If one is within projects then the path should be _root.projects.one.gotoAndPlay(2); or _level0.projects.one.gotoAndPlay(2);

You should also start working with frame labels rather than frame numbers... Frame numbers will get you in trouble in some situations. Thus, label frame 2 of your one movie with an unique label such as my_label2 and use that in your script:

_level0.projects.one.gotoAndPlay("my_label2"

Also another trick to find the right path to any movie clip, is to insert this in it's first frame:

trace(this);

The full path will be outputed in the Output window while testing your movie. You can then use that path in your scripts.

Regards,