Flash :: LoadVars And Jumping To Another Frame

LoadVars And Jumping To Another Frame
Hello,

I have always been frustrated by the LoadVars method in Flash. I am simply trying to hit a submit button which calls a function w/ the LoadVars method to read the contents of 10 text files. If the proper contents in the text files are found, then the program will proceed to the next frame.

If I could set a return variable in a function such as this:
_global.file_found;

function file_exist( file_name )
{
fileExists = new LoadVars();
fileExists._parent = this;

fileExists.onLoad = function(success)
{
if(success)
{
trace( "FILE EXISTS!!!" );
file_found = true;
}
else
{
file_found = false;
trace( "FILE DOESN'T EXIST**" );
}
}

fileExists.load( 'patient_sessions/' + file_name + '.txt' ) //initiate the test

return file_found;

}//__endFunc__

It would probably solve all my problems. I can't seem to make a global variable to read out side the fileExists.onLoad = function(success) section of the fuction.

Very frustrated.

LoadVars And Jumping To Another Frame
Hello,

I have always been frustrated by the LoadVars method in Flash.    I am simply trying to hit a submit button which calls a function w/ the LoadVars method to read the contents of 10 text files.    If the proper contents in the text files are found, then the program will proceed to the next frame.

If I could set a return variable in a function such as this:
_global.file_found;

function file_exist(  file_name )
{
    fileExists         = new LoadVars();
    fileExists._parent = this;

        fileExists.onLoad = function(success)
    {
            if(success)
           {
                 trace( "FILE EXISTS!!!" );
             file_found = true;
            }
        else
        {
                file_found = false;
             trace( "FILE DOESN'T EXIST**" );
        }
    }

    fileExists.load( 'patient_sessions/' + file_name + '.txt' ) //initiate the test

          return file_found;

}//__endFunc__

It would probably solve all my problems.  I can't seem to make a global variable to read out side the

'call'ed Frame Playing Before Jumping To Labelled Frame
hi,

I currently have 1 button with the following code

Code:
on (release) {
call("start");
play();
}
"start" being a labbelled frame plays a small movie clip sequence. What I want to happen is when the button is pushed, "start" is called and plays and then to jump to my frame labelled "david".

I have tried:

Code:
on (release) {
call("start");
play();
gotoAndStop("david");
}
...but all this does is jump almost straight away to the frame labelled "david"

I want the movie to wait until the frames labelled "start" have finished before it jumps.

Any ideas??

? About Jumping From A Frame In A Clip To A Frame In The Main Scene
Hello. I have a question. I have a question about jumping from a frame in a movie clip to a frame in the main scene. In my main scene, I have a "stop" action in frame one. In this frame, I have a movie clip that is 100 frames long. On the 100th frame of that movie clip, I want to jump to the 5th frame of the main scene. This is the actionscript that I tried, but it didn't work:

this.gotoAndPlay(5)
//This is the code that I placed in the 100th frame of my movie clip, but it doesn't seem to work.

What am I doing incorrectly? Thanks in advance for any advice! (I am using Flash 5)

Jumping To Frame/movie/frame
Hi

This is my first post so... Hello.

I cant seem to work out how to do this:

When I click a button on my main page (frame) I want to jump to another frame on that timeline (labeled 'clients') but i want to go to another frame within another movies timeline that is on the 'client' page (frame). Does that make sense?

I guess i want to be taken to a certain frame and to a certain frame of a movie within that frame.

I think I just made it more confusing!!

I'm using flash 8 pro

Thanks for any help.

Julian

Question About Jumping From Frame To Frame.
I am new to actionscripting and I have a question.

How would you go about doing this?
I already created the animated movie clips.

You see a movie transition in and it stops so you can read it, You click on a button on the menu then the first movie I was looking at transitions out and another movie plays by (transitioning in) and stops. I have four menu options.

What kind of actionscript would I use to get this to work.

Any ideas anyone, It is late I hope you guys understand what I am trying to say.

Thanks

Frame Set Seems To Be Jumping.
I am very new to Flash and I am trying to synch about 12 frames with the exact same backround except for the simple change of color to the phrase "760 HOTS" digit by digit, letter by letter. As the mouse tweens by underneath each digit or letter the color changes from yellow to purple and then stays purple giving the phrase a highlighting effect as if the mouse is doing it.

To do this I have 9 gif images, each with a new color on each digit or letter on the phrase "760 HOTS", changing as the mouse goes bye. The dimentions on the movie properties for each fram is set at 1020 x 600. This is the same size as my gif image but everytime it changes in the movie the frames jump and I can't seem to get a smooth transition at all. How to you set each gif so that it is in the same spot in the frame as the previous frame?

Damian

Jumping From One To Another Frame
Hey,
How can you easily jump, for example when the movie is at the eight frame, that he plays back from the second frame...

Tnx in adv

Jumping To A Frame Outside Of MC
Hi, I've got a slight problem with this... I'm in a movie clip that's on the main timeline, and in this movie clip is a button. I would like to link this button to a frame on the main timeline, and I can't seem to figure out how to do it.

I know how to do _root.gotoAndPlay("framewhatever"); ... the problem is, I'm stuck with Flash 4, not 5 or MX. ^^;; I know it uses "_level0" instead of "_root", but with no Expert mode, I don't know how to go about using it. Any ideas?

Thanks so much!

~jamuko

Jumping To A Certain Frame
hello everyone,

with actionscript, id like to have the "player" go to a certain frame number after an event.

but the thing is - i want it to go directly to a certain frame number without playing every frame inbetween. essentially a "jump." and this particular "jump" is back in time.

i tried the gotoAndStop("frame") command but it essentially plays the main timeline to get to the frame and then stops.

so... does anyone know the proper command i would be looking for?

Jumping From From To Frame
I have 10 frames.I set each frame to wait for a certain time then jump to certain frame by adding
gotoAndPaly(). How to add action script to enable jumping randomly from frame to frame but only once at
that frame ?

Thanks

Frame Jumping
You've helped me once, and I hope you can do it again.

Can I add a command to a frame within a movie clip, to jump to the next frame on the main timeline. I've uploaded a very basic .fla, which is two keys and two locks on two frames. What I need to be able to do is move to the second frame on the main timeline once the red X is placed on the black X.

I'm sorry if this is all a bit basic, but I'm only just learning how to do stuff.

Thanks in advance, Matty

Frame Jumping?
Okay, I've got a movie clip as a button with the following code applied to the button itself.

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
on (releaseOutside, rollOut) {
gotoAndPlay(12);
}

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay('scene 1', 3);
}

the on release isn't working.. it doesn't go to frame three.. what am I doing wrong?!

I've got a stop on both the first and third frame.

this is driving me NUTS

Jumping To An Another MC's Specific Frame?
I am just having this problem :
when I give a link to a button in a movie clip I know that I can load another movie to _level0 and so on but I want to make a link to the new movie clip's specific frame (for ex. 255)when I write load movie command I cant make the movie clip read the second command "gotoandplay 255".
to cut it short "can I give link to a frame on MOVIE-2 from MOVIE-1 timeline"

thanks

serdar
baykush@turk.net

Frame And Label Jumping
I want to asign the following action to a button :
first go to the next frame and play ( this is no problem getting the code right) but then I want the movie to jump to a specifique framelabel on that time line.
Same problem for level loading : how do I let a movie in level x to play the next sequence and when this finish onload the movie and start the next movie on that same level?
I hope I explain this right?

Thanks

Jan

Jumping To Frame That Is A Variable Of Asp
here is my problem i made 2 textfields in flash

username and password

with these you can login... by clicking on the button you call login.asp ...

this all works fine until you enter the wrong password or username

at that point i have to create error messages in flash

does have anyone a clue how to do that?

worked with: if error= 0
gotoandplay(error1)

but didn't work

plz someone help me tnx Jke

Jumping To The Next Labelled Frame
If I have a button that advances an animation forward, how can I tell it to always go to the next labelled frame, for example labelled frames are spaced irregularly, and represent important parts of the animation to which I want the user to jump.

is it possible to do this?

(I want to avoid having to make a new instance of the button with a script explicitly telling it to go to the next labelled frame).

Variables For Frame Jumping
hi,
i was wondering if this can be done.

Im making a roll over menu and there is an efect that will always happen before the sub menu apears for any of the main menu buttons that are pressed. So i was windering instead of making the same efect over and over and calling only one MC with the different submenu (they are all in the same MC but in different timeline).

What i want is when i press a button that it records the variable... and then when the submenu MC loads the variable indicates where the mc must start.
ex: press button LALA > frame 150
so.. i press LALA i=150
and then goto frame i...

or is there another option ? doing it the same way?

im kinda confused..
tnx

Jumping To Another Frame By Using The Keyboard?
Hi all!

Well, I have made a slideshow in Flash 5, and the thing is that on frame 1 there´s a picture that should be shown (it´s stopped there), but if you press the spacekey, then it should go to frame 10 and play.

The same way there, if you hit space when it´s playing (it´s looping between frame 10 and the last frame), then it should jump to frame 1 and stop (and show the picture again).

Here´s the actionscript on frame 1:

stop ();
if (Key.isDown(key.Space)) {
}
gotoAndPlay (10);

But it doesn´t work? I haven´t been doing anything for so long time, so my brain probably have melted down.

Thanks for all help in advance!

Sincerely
Henrik

Jumping To A Specific Frame
i have a base movie then load and unload several swf's on top using different levels. i made a sound swf (with a slider control) and have it load on the first frame of the base movie on level 51 (the highest).

I want the sound to start up immediately, then I want a button (which is a mc on level 30 "menu.swf") to pop open the sound controls on that level (51), if someone wants to turn it off.

I have the sound coming in well, but don't know how to write the code that is associated with the little speaker icon to jump in the "sound.swf" mc to the last frame, which reveals the controls.

can someone help me with that?

here is the movie
www.priceideas.com/fovea/smith/

Jumping To A Frame In A Movie
Hi,
Once a movie is loaded in need to make the movie jump to frame 16.

Anyone got any ideas how to do this? I have the following ActionScript but I don't know how to get it to run once the movie is loaded -:

if (_framesloaded >= _totalframes) {
_root.gotoAndStop(16);
//gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", "start");
}

ergads

Rich

Jumping From A Frame To A Another In A Different Frameset ?
How can I make a Button in a swf that is in the _main frameset that can control the play head in a _top swf in a another frameset ?

Thank you for any answer !

Jumping From A Frame To A Another In A Swf That Is In A Another Frameset ?
How can I make a Button in a swf that is in the _main frameset that can control the play head in a _top swf in a another frameset ?

Thank you for any answer !

Jumping Another Frame On Another Scene
hi.

just a simple trouble.

in my work. there is a movie and there are 3 button in this movie. so button action gotta jump to another frame or label in another scene.

using this;
// with frame label
on (press) {
_root.gotoAndStop("A3", "a3");
}

or

//with frame number
on (press) {
_root.gotoAndStop("A3", "3");
}

but when I use this action in the movie it goes to first frame of another scene. not that I want frame.

how can fix it? could u please help me!

Jumping To A Specified Frame From Html
hey all,

Im trying to do the following!!!

From a link in html,
i need to send some sort of information (guessuing through javascript)
to my flash file, telling it to load the movie, and goto the frame which is syncronised by each link!

eg.

im on a retail page called "cigars r us"
I click the button called "map"

it then needs to open up my flash file, let it pre-load, then jump to scene 3 frame 33, because its the 33rd store for example!

i dont want it to show any other frame but this one!

is this possible?
how could i do it?
can some one help me write a script!

Thanks very much!

Ive not no idea where to start, remenbering there is a preloader (scene-1)

there is a list of linked store names
(scene-2)

about 50 frames, each frame being an individual highlighted store.
<scene-3)

can anyone help??

Jumping To A New Frame Problem.
I am trying to expand on a basic spaceship game that is based on a tutorial on this website.

I have enclosed the fla so you can see what Im talking about.

Basically the game works fine, but i want to add a level 2 to the game, so that when I reach a certain score, it jumps to frame 5, which displays 'level 2' and then continues on from there.

However if I am killed by an enemy it goes to Frame 3, at which point if I hit the restart button it jumps to Frame 5. Perfect. No problems.

BUT on Frame 4 I use the exact same button. Also point it gotoAndStop(5); but it like shows it for a millisecond then goes back to Frame 4.

I have tried all different combinations, but cant understand why the button in Frame 3 works but not in Frame 4 even though its the exact same button.

Can someone help???

Help - Jumping To Next Frame After Some Action
ok

so i have this problem i have a grid and i can drag mc on that grid but i want to jump to next frame AFTER i put my mc on the grid. In that code i have wrote flash kicks me to next frame when i click mouse button every time. I think that it may be caused because of mouse listener i added on prev frame. But i can remove it and then it changes nothing.
every help appreciated
i attach fla file

Frame Jumping Problems
hello! newbie here... hehe... anywho, i'm having problems with frame jumping. i want to show different photos but not create a scene for each one. so i figured out how to jump from frame to frame, however the rest of my actionscripts (my buttons linked to go to different scenes) dont work cuz i placed a stop() action on each frame with the picture. can anyone please help me out? i'm sure this is an easy fix but i'm learning... i tried to attach the file but its too large. anywho who can help i can email them the fla file. thanks so much!!!

[F8] LoadMovie Frame Jumping....
How do you accomplish that?
I have a button on the first frame, which loads the external swf, and also goes to the 2nd frame where the mc container is positioned to nest the movie.

on(release){
_root.gotoAndPlay(2)
loadMovie("file.swf",mc_container)
_root.mc_container.gotoAndPlay(5)
}

Does anyone know how to establish a link with the external file's timeline to then jump to any frame inside the mc_container.

[F8] Variables, Frame Jumping
ok so I have var love = 0; on frame 1
then I have buttons that add or remove love
this works fine

my problem is when I press a button(love+=10) I make it goto another frame for animation/picture AND go back to frame1, it always resets love = 0

I probably need to put var love = 0 in some kind of...something..

help the newbie!

[F8] Looping Then Jumping To A New Frame
Hi, I would like to loop a range of frames for say 30 seconds. After 30 seconds is up I would like the playback head to advance to another spot in the timeline. How does one do this? Ideally I would like to be able to jump to a specified frame label. Thanks, edley

Jumping Frame Sequences
I have a website where the different sections have intro and out animations. We'll call them Sections A, B, and C.

If you're in Section A and click the button for Section B, how do I get the timeline to play the "out animation" for Section A and then immediately jump to the "intro animation" for Section B?

Basically I need the code that says, "Go to Frame X and play Frames X through Z, then jump immediately to Frame A."

Thanks for any help, I'm very new to this and really appreciate the input.

Jumping From MovieClip To Different Frame
I need help with the family Christmas card!! (and please keep in mind that I am a beginner)

This is what I want to happen...

I want to click a button for a race between my wife, my daughter, and me, to start. The winner will be random.

What I have done so far.

I have made three movie clips. Each of them has the three of us on reindeer in a race and each one of us winning and doing a 5 second celebration.

I have the button to randomly play either of the three movies....

That's where I am stuck. Once the movie is over and the celebration is done, I can't tell it to play go to the next scene/frame.

To the guys who are running this site - you are doing a great job. If you are ever in Jakarta I will take you out for some beers (if you are old enough...hahaha...)

Frame Jumping Question
Is it possible to make a button within a symbol go to a frame on the original layer? Ive been trying
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay(1,2);
}

but errors occur, and whenever i try fixing one another couple show up, help would be appreciated, ive been stuck on this.

FRAME JUMPING QUESTIONS
I want to add an actionscript or behavrior (whichever works best) to a button. All I want to do is to be able to tell the button to play different parts of the movie. Say for example when I click the button it will play the movie frames 1-4 then 12-16 and then stop. I got a feeling this is an easy task but I am still new to flash. Any help?

Frame Jumping By X Frames?
I'm doing a really simple flash zine layout, and I have two arrows: a Back and Forward. What I'd like to do is code one to move forward by 15 frames each time (to the next page), and the other to move back by 15 frames. Is there a way to gotoAndStop(+15);?

Also, how might I prevent the Back button from over-stepping its bounds (i.e. at the very start with it at Page 1)?

Thanks!
Tyler

Frame Jumping Flv Progressive
Hi all,

My problem is this. I am using Flash MX2004 v7.2. I have created an instance of mediadisplay which is progressively downloading a flv from a remote server. The movie plays ok and I have added some buttons that play and mute etc.. All this takes within the first and only frame. What I am looking to do is to jump to frame 2 which will contain a splash 'call to action' screen, here it will stay until the user leaves the page or refreshes or replays the video.

I have googled and come up with some solutions using the streambuffer object but I am not sure how to either implement this or trigger it or even if it is the right thing to use.

TIA

Regards

Mick

Jumping From One Frame To Another (in Different Tweens)
Hello,

I'm having a bit of a problem with a movie I've developed. Currently, I have a notebook image that flips the page on a button click. Here's the problem:

- Frame 1 has a movie instance of the first page of the notebook.
- In that movie, there is a link to the next page
- When you click the link, the page flips away (which takes about 10 frames
- On the 10th frame, i have an action set for: gotoAndStop("page2");.
- Frame 2 of the main scene has the second movie instance which is identical to the first, but is the second page, and Frame 2 is labeled "page2".
- When you click the button on page 1, theoreticaly it should return to the main instance and go to "page2" frame. But it doesnt. It just goes through the 10 frames of the page flip, and then returns back to frame 1 of the page1 movie.

So, in effect, I'm asking if there's a more efficient way to have a link inside of a movie instance take you to a frame outside of it. I was using a frame label, and then i tried doing ("Scene 1", 2) to bring it to the second frame, and that didn't work either. Any ideas?

Jumping To Frame Depending On Value Of Variable
I want pass some variables to a FlashMovie and then jump to the framenumber which is stored in the variable.

Jumping To A Frame In A Movie Once Loaded
Hi,
I have a problem regarding Flash MX. I need to jump to the 16th frame in a movie - ONCE that movie has loaded...

In Action Script is there a member function such as OnLoad?

Any ideas how to acheive the above?

regards

ACE

Jumping To A Specific Frame Problems
Hi all,

I have a parent movie broken down into sections along the timeline, I have child movies that load into each section.

Within each section there is a subnav for that section that controls the loaded child movie.

Getting the timeline to jump to each sectionn works fine, but how do I script it so I can jump to a specific frame in that child movie when the timeline is not in that designated section?

Each button has this to jump to each section:

Code:
on (press) {
_root.moveToSection("designatedsection");

Any suggestions?

Jumping To Frame After Period Of Inactivity
Hello, I am using Flash MX 2004.

I am working on an interactive quiz which will be in a gallery setting. I am trying to find the code that will make it to where the movie jumps to a certain frame (specifically the beginning) if there is a period of inactivity (for example, if it's abandoned in the middle). Does anyone have this code handy?

Thanks!

Frame Label Jumping Issue..
Hi, big issue you..

ill be dead by today if i dont get this to work fyi...

i have a main clip that has fwd+back buttons which control externally loaded movie clips which have varying frame labels 'slide1...slide2 .. etc"

//p is holding total number of frame labels (slide1..etc) in the loaded movie

..this works great to jump around..but here is the problem
when you let the movie play and it plays through slide 3... if you hit the fwd button..it will only jump to 2... basically its not tracking with the timeline

i some how need it to advance to the next frame label, almost intelligently..

so if you fit fwd to slide 3..then let it play till slide 5..then hit fwd button again..it will take you to slide 4..not slide 6

p=12;
var currentNumb:Number = 1;
if (currentNumb<=p) {
currentNumb++;
} else {
currentNumb = 0;
}
_parent._parent.pContent_mc.intro_mc.gotoAndPlay(' slide'+CurrentNumb);
trace("number is"+currentNumb);

please help

Jumping To Wrong Frame On Start
I have an embedded movie clip that starts playing frame 15 (frame label "Disco") immediately, even though there is a stop in the action script attached to frame 1 and I put in a redundant stop on frame 2. Once it plays through the movie embedded at "Disco," it reverts to the proper behavior, where the buttons control navigation.

Code:
function CGEVNT(myevent:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop("ClearGauge");
}

function DiscoEVNT(myevent:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop("Disco");
}

function MotoEVNT(myevent:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop("Moto");
}

function CoverEVNT(myevent:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndStop("Covers");
}

stop();

PresNum1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, CGEVNT);
PresNum2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, DiscoEVNT);
PresNum3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, MotoEVNT);
PresNum4_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, CoverEVNT);
I'm not getting bug messages and except for the button functions, there's no script that advances the movie to a new timeframe. I'm returning to Flash after an 8 year absence, so this might be obvious, but I'm baffled enough to not know how to troubleshoot it.

This same basic sequence (modified for different frame, event and button names) works properly in other movie clips, which makes me even more baffled.

("ClearGauge" is frame 5, "Moto" is frame 25, and "Covers" is frame 35. There is a stop on the frame before each of those (and before "Disco").

Thanks for any help

Jumping To A Frame, Then Access A Clip
Hello,

I have just encountered something very strange in flash 8. I was so sure this would work, but I guess not... or am I just missing something here?

My timeline looks like this (I shall attempt some asci art here, as I canâ€™t seem to attach an image :P):

...[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] - my frame numbers
...[________][ a ][_______________________________] - at frame 16 is some code
...[________________________________][*||||||||||||||||||||] - frame 24-27 is a movieclip

The movieclip is a timerClip Iâ€™ve made, with a class "attached", it looks something like this: (at bottom of this post, -there are more methods then what is shown). The clip is also given a name called â€œtimerClipâ€.

At frame 16, is some code (which is actually in a function, but from testing, it doesn't really matter):
gotoAndStop(24);
trace(timerClip);
timerClip.startTimer(10000);
stop();

I call that function/run it at some random frame (between 16 and 23) and my timer doesnâ€™t go off. Yet, when I trace â€œtimerClipâ€, it is able to find it (it comes up â€œ_level0.timerClipâ€). I can still, play it manually, etc (by calling whatever methods the Movieclip class has). Is this actually not doable in flash? -jumping to a frame, and calling the clips on that frame? *somewhat confused*

Attach Code

// just here to show how my class is setup (what I meant by â€œattachedâ€)
class TimerClip extends MovieClip {

public function TimerClip(){
}

public function startTimer(inputTime:Number){
// some implementation here
}
}

Edited: 09/08/2007 at 10:25:45 PM by Some1Won

Code Execution And Jumping To A Frame
I have a bunch of code in a layer that spans the length of a 5 frame
timeline. If I go to a frame within that span, will my code reinitialize?
If so, how do I have it execute only once?

Frame Jumping Tutorial Problem
In Step three when I hit the button it points to, it creates a new layer rather than a new symbol. Am I hitting the wrong button? I cannot find this creat new symbol button at that location or anywhere else. See below.

Make a new button by clicking on the create symbol button (below) and make a button of your choice, and ok it.

[ I have drawn a line to the create new symbol button ]

Frame Jumping Does Not Working Correctly.
Here's the situation: I have a webpage that has 5 links. Each link goes to a seperate frame (gotoAndPlay). The problem is that if you are one page 3 (for instance) and you click the button that would normally send you to page 3, it now sends you to page 4!

Here is a page that I am currently working on:

http://vagrantaesthetic.com/tests/the4thd/fmakers.swf

Don't mind the scaling, it's supposed to be nested in another movie. Anyway, click on any of the guys' name. One you get to his page, click on his link again and see the problem.