why is output pissed?

[PantherRun]

Hey out there;

setup: my root timeline consists of say 16 frames. Each frame contains a movieclip.

A have a script action "STOP" on each of the root timeline frames.

When I publish, Output tells me this on 2 of the frames on the root timeline-

"scene1, layer1, frame 5. statement must appear within on/ onclipevent handle stop();" (note -I have the exact same stop script on each frame)

it was suggested... "when you're looking at the stop(); action in frame 5 or 8, what does the grey title bar of the actions pane say? it should say "Actions - Frame". If it says "Actions - Movie Clip", there's your problem - you've typed the action onto the movie clip and not onto the frame.

Great suggestion but on checking, every action = frame.
Can anybody nail the problem - why is output pissed on frames 5 and 8 but not on the rest?
Thanks
Hoss

 

[oldnewbie]

If the Actions window's title is "Actions - Frame" when checking each stop(); action, then there's nothing wrong with those scripts. It's most probably that you've also added stop(); actions on the movie clips themselves that are on frame 5 & 8.
On frames 5 & 8, right-click the movie clip and select actions to open up the "Actions - Movie Clip" window...
if you have stop(); actions, remove them.

 

[PantherRun]

thanks for getting back: i know it's a pain in the ass trying to trouble shoot from a distance. Tried what you said, no go, no stops anywhere.

"scene1, layer1, frame 5. statement must appear within on/ onclipevent handle stop();"

is there a way i can just give output what it wants on the root frames 5 & 8 so it just leaves me alone? If so, would you show me how?

Or since it dosen't seem to affect the movie, should just ignore it?

Also, I thought about just trying to remake the mc of frames 5 and 8, maybe somehow i added something, or they became corrupt, who knows. Would doing this be a waste of time?

 

[oldnewbie]

Well you could try that... First try removing the clips on frames 5 & 8 and drag new instances of them on stage from the Library, before re-creating new clips...

You could also post a link to your .fla, zipped up and in MX only format, not MX2004, so that I (we) can check it out...
But leaving for the afternoon, so I couldn't check it before later...