tell target

[Guest_imported]

if I have a movie clip called "stop play" in my main movie and I want to tell a button within the movie clip, "stop play", to target the main movie, how do I do this? what is the name of the main movie target?

 

[oldnewbie]

You shouldn't use spaces in movie clip names, use the underscore if you must instead.
To target the main movie's timeline from a movie clip, you would use _root or _level0, but you should also use frame labels and not scene names, thus...

on (press) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("frame_label"
} Regards,

 

[Guest_imported]

thanks for the help.

 

[Guest_imported]

one more question. I just want the movie to stop wherever it is at the moment the person presses. The same way, the movie should play from that point also.

how can I syntax this?

ex:

on(press){
stop()
}

on(press){
play
}

 

[Guest_imported]

ok..i figured it out. it works with tell target (_level0)
{
stop()
}