Flash :: Movie Clip Images Deteriate If Not On Frame 1

Making A Movie Clip In A Movie Clip Go To The Next Frame Of The Original Movie Clip
I have a movie clip (for simplicity I'll call it movie_a) in movie_a I have another movie clip movie_b.

in movie_a i have a button that when pressed makes movie_b play (it has a stop frame every once in a while so the button acts as a "next" button)

I want it so that when i get to the last frame of movie_b and press the button, it will go to the next frame of movie_a

I hope that doesn't confuse u and u can help me solve this problem, as i am stumped and I've tried everything I could think of (which isn't that much as I'm not too good with actionscript)

thnx

When I Click On A Movie Clip I Need The Movie Clip To Goto And Play Frame 2
i have created a movieclip and draged it on to the stage i tryed used on mouse down then tell target goto and play but that ment when ever the mouse clicked any where, how do i tell in to only play when i click on the movieclip ?

How To Address A Button On The 5th Frame Of A Movie Clip With Action Script Located On The First Frame Of The Main Time
I'm trying to make a button appear on frame 10 of a movie clip and write actionscript on the main time line that addresses that frame 10 button. I'm not sure of the method I need to do to get that frame 10 button to get a url. I tested the same button when put on frame 1 and it worked, but I'm not sure how to address buttons and other symbols that appear as a result of the playhead moving to different places on movie clip time lines.

Can anyone help, or give me a link?

Thanks
Dennis

Attach Code

//works
_root.buttons_mc.go_btn.onRelease = function(){
_root.mall_mc.gotoAndPlay(1);
//a stop action is placed on frame 10 of the mall_mc movie clip
};
//this button is inside the mall_mc movie clip on frame 10
//doesn't work
_root.mall_mc.url_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://yahoo.com");
};
//An instance of the same url_btn is dragged on to frame 1 of the mall_mc
//movie clip and given an instance name url_frame1_btn
//works
_root.mall_mc.url_frame1_btn.onRelease = function(){
getURL("http://yahoo.com");
};

Cant Get Frame In Main Timeline To Play Frame In Movie Clip
Hi all,

Ok, I want a section of a movieclip to play up until a certain frame on the main, or _root timeline. Then I want a different section of the same movie clip to play. Now I have the movie clip all set up all fine and dandy, yet I cant get it to the frames or 'section' it is playing when it reaches the apropriate frame. I have the following code on the _root timeline frame.

Code:
gotoAndPlay("stop");
(I have a frame label "stop" where it should be) Is this the right code I should be using? It has worked in the past, but it has been in between an on (something) event/action (not quite sure of the correct termanology there)

Please help.

Flash Button To Take Movie Clip To The Next Frame Label Instead Of The Next Frame
I am trying to figure out how to create a button to take a movie clip to the next Frame Label instead of just to the next Frame. I have a slide show that I am working on with a fade effect from picture to picture. When I just use the nextFrame script it will literally take you from frame to frame on the fade in. Is there a script that will allow you to go to the next (or previous) Frame Label from where the movie was stopped?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Can't Target A Frame Label Or Frame Number Within Movie Clip
Hi guys,

Can't for the life of me figure out why this is not working:

if (_currentframe==82) {
homefade_mc.gotoAndPlay("fadeup");
design_mc.gotoAndPlay("design_fade"); - this one is fine
}

- the first gotoAndPlay should be going to the homefade mc and then going to the "fadeup" frame label and play from that, but instead it does nothing. Any clues?

Chris

How To Using Frame Label From A Movie Clip To GotoAndStop To Stage Frame?
I have a 100-frame movie clip, a_mc, on the stage.
I want it automatically gotoAndStop at a certain frame, labeled as "about", on the stage (root level).
How should I do?
(AS3 version please...)

I know how to do this from a root to control a movie clip only.

Link From One Movie Clip To Specific Frame Within Another Movie Clip
Hello,
I've been working on this problem on and off for weeks now, and am hoping I could get some assistance, as it is driving me batty and my deadline is quickly approaching. Here is the basic setup:

I am creating a Flash webpage. I created a Flash movie with 6 frames, with a movie clip on each frame, each movie clip being a single page of the website. What I would like to do is have button within one movie clip (say a button in the movie "contact" which is frame 5 of the main movie) link to a frame within another movie clip (say frame 3 called "project3" within the movieclip "portfolio" which is frame 2 of the main movie).

With all my efforts, I am only able to get the button to go to and play the called movie clip at frame 1, and no other frame number or label.

I have tried codes such as the following:

on (release){
this._parent.portfolio.gotoAndStop("project3");
}

on (release){
_root.portfolio.gotoAndStop("project3");
}

... and countless other options, but nothing seems to work. I would greatly appreciate any assistance with this matter. For the record, I admittedly do not know much Flash and am learning most of this on my own with a small base knowledge from a design class I took years ago using UltraDelv! Please let me know if I need to go into further detail.

Cheers!

Target Empty Movie Clip And Movie Clip Frame
I'm loading a random movie, reading in Shared Object data.
If the Loaded movie has been viewed playing it's 2nd frame.
How can I load the movie into an empty movie clip and target its 2nd frame?
Is it just a syntax issue?

Code:
filename = ["flashMovieA.swf", "flashMovieB.swf"];
path = "flash/";
i = filename.length;
k = Math.floor(Math.random()*i);
// get object if none just play
mindSO = SharedObject.getLocal("mindControl");
// Scan the mindSO for values
for (a in mindSO.data) {
trace(a+": "+mindSO.data[a]);
// if previously viewed play second frame
if (mindSO.data.movieName == filename[k]) {
// here is my targeting issue
loadMovie(path+filename[k], movieHolder_mc);
movieHolder_mc.movieName.gotoAndPlay(2);
} else {
// play whole movie
loadMovie(path+filename[k], movieHolder_mc);
setSOData();
}
}

2 Frame In Time Line 1 Movie Clip In Frame 1
There are 2 frames in the time line, the first frame has a movie clip with 200 frames or there abouts.
Once the MC is finished playing I want the play head to go to the next frame of the main time line.
How?

[F8]Playing A Movie Clip From A Certain Frame To A Certain Frame With A Button
Hey guys,

im slamming my head in trying to figure this out.

I have an invisible button and only one mc, the mc loops 3x then stops, this is defined with as in mc.

Now i want to play the movie from the invisible button but only loop it once.
Which means i would like to play it from frame 1 to frame 215.

And also when u rollout i would like the movie to stop and go to frame 1.

this is my button code so far

Code:
on (rollOver) {
tellTarget ("loader")
{
gotoAndPlay (1);}}

on(rollOut){
tellTarget ("loader") {
gotoAndStop(1);}}

on (release)
{
getURL(clickTAG, "_blank");
}
Help please

To Go To The Next Frame & Previous Frame Of A Movie Clip Using A Button?
Thanks in advance

Control A Movie Clip Frame By Frame
Ok I know this is simple but I'm a simple person. I have two buttons - one forward, one back. I need to know how to control a movie clip frame by frame and not just play through. If there is a tutorial on how to do this please point me toward it. I want to learn how to do this myself and not just copy code if I could.

Carter

How Do You Set A Movie Clip's Visibility On Frame 2 From Frame 1?
I have an actions layer that spans an entire project and I want it to be the only place that has code. On the second frame, there is a movie clip that I want to be invisible when the user first goes to that frame. How do I do this without having to add code to that specific frame. The attached fla file should make my question more clear.

Thanks

How Do I Link To Specified Frame In One Movie Clip From Another Movie Clip?
Hello,
I've been working on this problem on and off for weeks now, and am hoping I could get some assistance, as it is driving me batty and my deadline is quickly approaching. Here is the basic setup:

I am creating a Flash webpage. I created a Flash movie with 6 frames, with a movie clip on each frame, each movie clip being a single page of the website. What I would like to do is have button within one movie clip (say a button in the movie "contact" which is frame 5 of the main movie) link to a frame within another movie clip (say frame 3 called "project3" within the movieclip "portfolio" which is frame 2 of the main movie).

With all my efforts, I am only able to get the button to go to and play the called movie clip at frame 1, and no other frame number or label.

I have tried codes such as the following:

on (release){
this._parent.portfolio.gotoAndStop("project3");
}

on (release){
_root.portfolio.gotoAndStop("project3");
}

... and countless other options, but nothing seems to work. I would greatly appreciate any assistance with this matter. For the record, I admittedly do not know much Flash and am learning most of this on my own with a small base knowledge from a design class I took years ago using UltraDelv! Please let me know if I need to go into further detail.

Cheers!

[CS3] 1 Movie Clip That Links To Another Frame In Another Movie Clip :-?
chello... I was taking a course a few weeks back and I completely missed th boat on the subject and here I am needing the info and I have no clue how to do what I need to do.

please, somebody, help.

thanks!

Specify Frame For A Movie Clip Inside A Movie Clip
I'm working with a site completely out of flash and I'm having trouble with a button.

Just as some background, the site is layed out with the main stage, and on that stage is a movie clip with an instance name of 'pages'. Inside the pages movie clip is a timeline with all the different pages of my site with labels identifying each one, such as p1, p2, p3 etc. On the timeline in the p2 section I have another movie clip with an instance name of 'extrasbody' which is a 7 frame clip with each frame labeled and I'm using a second menu to control going to each frame.

My problem is that I need a button on the front stage to go to the correct page (p2) as well as load up the correct frame in 'extrasbody' which in this case is labeled 'terms'. It always just loads up the first frame and I have to use the second menu to get to the correct frame.

This is what I've tried.

PHP Code:

on (release) {
    _root.pages.gotoAndPlay("p2");
    _root.pages.extrasbody.gotoAndStop("terms");
    }

I think it doesn't work because when that is called 'extrasbody' isn't loaded up yet so it just skips it.

What is the best way to tackle this? Maybe I need to setup a variable that is either set to 'off' or 'on' and the button turns it 'on'. Then on the 'extrasbody' page I have an if statement saying if that variable is 'on' then extrasbody go to 'terms' otherwise goto frame 1. Logically in my head that makes sense but I don't know how to code that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. You can view a live form of the flash page here: http://www.foxreality.com/theacademy/
Click on the button for Academy Dictionary. It will take you to the 'extrasbody' page but to get to the dictionary you have to click on the 'academy dictionary' button on the right hand side.

Going To A Frame An Then Going To A Frame Within A Movie Clip In That Frame
I am having trouble with a nav bar I made in flash.I have a variable that determines where we want to go in the movie I am trying to going to a frame an then going to a frame within a movie clip in that frame.

in other words I would like things to happen

1. go to frame #
2. show the frame # state on the movie in clip that frame

is this possible?

Using A Movie Clip Inside A Movie Clip To Start A Frame Of An MC Inside A Movie Clip
Situation:
I have a movie clip inside a movie clip with a button inside of it.

This button on release goes to a different movie clip(svideo) in a different frame on the maintime. This movie clip has a movie clip(portfolio) inside of it.
Okay: I use an absolute path on the aforementioned button
on release
_root.svideo.portfolio.gotoAndPlay(60);

But, for some reason Flash won't go to frame 60 of the portfolio movie clip that is inside of the svideo.

I have tried numerous variations on reaching frame 60 of portfolio. Like going to the maintime line and going to the portfolio MC. Also, portfolio and svideo are the instance names and not the name of the actual movie clip.

If anybody could help, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

Movie Clip From Frame To Frame
hi!
I am trying to get my website to go faster and more fluid...a web master told me : instead of doing new pages for each button, i should make every page as a movie clip from frame to frame and label them..??? I've been looking for how to do this for about 3 days..Do u have an idea of what he's talking about??
Thanks for your help and sorry for my english.
the frog.

Loading Frame Images For Movie, Most Effective Way?
Ok, basically i am just wandering what everyone thinks if the best way to load a movie.

I am learning OpenGL, and hopefully DirectX soon as well, and in some of my projects i am going to be displaying them on my website. I am going to be taking a frame by frame screen**** of my OpenGL movies to import them into flash, and i was wandering what everyone thinks is the best way to do it?

In my understanding i have two options,

1.) Take my Fla and load them all into it by hand.
2.) Make it more dynamic and loadthem at runtime via ActionScripts LoadMovie Command.

Now it would be easier on me to do #2, but i am not looking for ease. I am looking for the most effective in FPS at Runtime, Load Speed, and obviously tied into Load Speed, the File Size for people to load.

So which would be faster, better, smaller, ect.?
Thanks to any replies!

Having A Button Inside A Movie Clip To Move The Root Movie To Another Frame?
i dont know much about actionscripting so explain to me in simple terms...

i have buttons inside a single movie clip and i want to have each button (when clicked or rollover-ed) move the frame header of the main (root) movie to another position. what actionscript does this require? and will each button actually be "clickable" since they're all encapsulated in ONE movie clip??

thanks

Closing A Loaded Movie Clip & Returning To A New Frame In The Parent Movie
I have 2 movie clips movie1.swf & movie2.swf.
A button on frame 2 in movie1.swf loads movie2.swf onto layer 1.
I then have a close button in movie2.swf that I need to set up so it closes movie2.swf but instead of returning to frame 2 of movie1 it goes to frame 1.

I know this is probably really simple but I can't seem to get it right!

Cheers.

Playing A Movie Clip In A Different Frame Rate That The Movie Has HELP
Hello all, im trying to play a mc in a different frame rate than the movie (im using flash 5) is it possible?? any help appreciated !!!
Thanx in advanced.

Set Movie Clip To Frame 1 When Cursor Leaves Movie
Each button in my navigation is as such:
I created a movie clip, the first frame of the movie clip contains my button and a stop(); command.

The button script (follow the cursor coords):
on (rollOver) {
play();
_root.go = 424;
_root.sub = 7;
}

when the button has been rolled over, it stops at frame 13 (to expose the drop-down navigation). Surrounding the button and sub nav I have an invisible button with this script:

on (rollOver) {
gotoAndPlay(14);
}

and then on the last frame of the movie, my frame script is:
gotoAndStop(1);

It works fine if the cursor exits the button on the left, right, or bottom, but it does not work if the cursor exits the button from the top. The reason this is happening is because the top of each button is at the absolute top of the frame.

Is there a way I can have my movie clip return to frame 1 when the cursor exits the button without using an invisible button? Or a way to call frame 1 when the cursor exits the movie?

Thanks,

Dan

How To Tell Movie Clip To Go To Another Movie Clips 62th Frame?
i have main movie clip named "remote".
and inside that there is another which holds the menu named "menu"
and inside the menu i have "symbol 8" which calls and external swf and also has to call the "remote"s 62 th frame.

no symbol 8 has thic action on it
on (release) {
_root.contents.loadMovie("stilllife.swf");//external swf
gotoAndplay(62) //here i must identify the movie clip "remote" i think
}

can you help mee?

Sizing Images In A Movie Clip
Is there a way to set the size of an image to fit into a movie clip frame, without having to change the size of the the image itself?

I'm trying to load an image into a movie clip, but the fram is about 500x400 pixels and the image is 1600x850. I don't want to resize the picture manually because I will be loading another picture at a later point and it to has different pixel dimensions.

Bitmap Images In A Movie Clip.
I want to make a movie clip in which a graphic changes color gradually to use it in a button in the over situation. I've made the first and the last image in photoshop and i saved them as gif files. I imported them in flash library. I can't find the way, the graphic changes color only in the last frame. Is it the right file or is there a beter way to do it.
Thank you

Using XML, I Want To Bring In Images Into A Movie Clip. How.
I've narrowed down my frustration with XML into two parts.

1. I want to bring in a series of images, thumbnails, into a movieclip that can be scrolled. How do I load in images into movie clips.... Is there a way to do this dynamically? Or do I have to put a variety of mc's on the stage and give them instance names?

2. I want to control the layout of my thumbnails. So that one is a few pixels down from the other. But I'd like to do this dynamically, with code, so that if the number of thumbnails change, it will stay in the right format.

To me, this is the major functionality I need to sort out in order to utilize XML.

Thanks.

Positioning Images In Movie Clip From Xml
Hi,
I am loading images from an xml file into an empty movie clip. Is there any code either for the xml or for the flash movie clip to specify each position for each image?
Thanks

Scrolling Images Movie Clip.
please look at this tutorial: (also below)
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1083/

how do i have to change it to make the enitre thing work in a movie clip instead of in the main scene? i.e. what references do i have to change?

1. Create a blank movie clip, and give it an instance name of "drag".

2. I've used a square movieclip and simply made 5 instances of the same clip. For the sake of file size, I've used a plain movie clip, but of course, you can use images instead.

Convert each image into a movie clip, and give each instance a name, such as "a1", "a2", "a3", "a4", and "a5".

3. Go to the time line of the "drag" movie clip, and create two key frames.

4. In the first key frame, insert the action:

mw = getProperty("/a1",_width);

for(i=5; i>=1; i--)

{

mx = getProperty("/a"add i,_x);

//right side

if(mx > 400)

{

if(i==5){mv=1};

if(i==4){mv=5};

if(i==3){mv=4};

if(i==2){mv=3};

if(i==1){mv=2};

mx = getProperty("/a"add mv,_x);

setProperty("/a" add i,_x,mx - (mw + 2));

}

//left side

if(mx < 0)

{

if(i==1){mv=5};

if(i==2){mv=1};

if(i==3){mv=2};

if(i==4){mv=3};

if(i==5){mv=4};

mw = getProperty("/a"add mv,_width);

mx = getProperty("/a"add mv,_x);

setProperty("/a" add i,_x,mx + (mw + 2));

}

}

5. In the second key frame, insert the action:

gotoAndPlay (1);

6. Go to the main timeline, create a new layer, and name it "actions".

7. Create three keyframes in the "actions" layer.

8. In the first key frame, insert the action:

mx = getProperty("/a1",_x);

mw = getProperty("/a1",_width);

nomc = 5;

9. Insert the following action into the second key frame:

mc = _root.drag._x

if (mc>0 and mc<180)

{

for (i=1; i<=nomc; i++)

{

mx = getProperty("/a" add i, _x);

setProperty ("/a" add i, _x, mx+10);

}

}

if (mc>220 and mc<400)

{

for (i=1; i<=nomc; i++)

{

mx = getProperty("/a" add i, _x);

setProperty ("/a" add i, _x, mx-10);

}

}

10. In the third key frame, insert:

gotoAndPlay (2);

12. You're done! Press ctrl+enter to test the movie.

Random Images In Movie Clip
I have three images that i would like to appear randomly as they move along the bottom of my flash movie. For example - when I test movie first time - i'd like to see the boats moving accross the bottom 1, 2, 3
then maybe the next time they move accross 2, 3, 1 or whatever but each time they move accross I would like them to be random. I was thinking i needed to put the three imags in a movie clip and then move my movie clip across the bottom of the stage. But how do I do this so the boats are random??

thanks.
jackie

Going To A Certain Frame In A Movie Clip?
Hi, I am trying to code a button to tell a movie clip to open at a certain labeled frame within the movie clip itself.. I am trying to create a calendar that has the 12 months as buttons on the left and when you click on a month it opens the days(movieclip) to the right. There is one movie clip that conains the 12 months' days on different labeled keyframes. I would simply like to script the button to open the movie clip and goto the correct key frame for that months' days. Thanks in advance

Bdunk

Tell Movie Clip To Go To Different Swf And Frame
Hello!

I am attempting to do a base swf, and the bottom half will load the different swfs to showcase a collection in level 1 or so on. The top part in the base swf is a menu pointing to different swifs. However, I have a question, I am wondering if I can put a button on the base(level 0, and have it tell to go to a certain frame in the in level 1(external swf)???

What I want to do is the "description" button is on a menu bar on the base. When I load a collection(a swf) into a movie clip, I want the description to go to a certain frame in the collection swf. Is it possible to do that? I know abt the _root.gotoandplay(for the main timeline), but is there a way to for the base movie to tell the button(on the base movie) to go to a different timeline(in the collection swf)??

Please help! I am using Flash 5.

SKy

Last Frame Of Movie Clip
Please some help:

I need to get to the last fram of my movie clip so that it doesn't replay...

Can anyone help?

I have coded this in my main timeline of my movie because if the user has already visited once, I don't want my Movie Clips to replay from the beginning...make sense?...The code for detecting the cookie works fine so that isn't the issue

************************************************** ***********
stop();
// create the local Shared Object
myLocalSO = SharedObject.getLocal("flashcookie" );
// Populate the text field if the SO already contains a name
if (myLocalSO.data.counter != 0) {
numVisits.text = "already visited";
gotoAndStop("lastly");
INTRO.gotoAndStop("lastly"); //<----NOT WORKING
} else {
numVisits.text = myLocalSO.data.counter;
myLocalSO.data.counter = 1;
}
myLocalSO.data.counter++;
************************************************** ***********

The last frame (lastly)in INTRO Movie Clip doesn't have any transitions just stationary photos, etc...why does the MC still run through the whole MC?

Thanks in Advance!!
Andrea
andrea@studioxmedia.com

[F8] From Movie Clip To Frame
I'm currently working in Flash 8 (ActionScript 2.0)

The problem I'm having is as follows:

I'm working on coding a game, in which I have a "cut scene" running. It's simply a movie clip set up with a boolean as follows:
code:
cutScene._visible = false;

I have a function that uses a hit-test to determine if it is or is not visible.
code:
if(player.hitTest(map.door1){
cutScene._visible = true;
}//end if

Now, here comes the problem... I am wanting to, at the end of the cutScene movie clip, have a way so that (when the movie clip is clicked) it disappears AND set the cutScene._visible back to false.

I hope that specifies the problem enough...

Thank you

[CS3] Movie Clip In One Frame
I made a 50 frames movie clip in flash.
I want to put that mc just in one frame and once it finishs playing mc and it will go to frame 2. I don't want to put those extra 49 frames just for it to play.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thank you so much

Movie Clip In One Frame - HELP
I made a 50 frames movie clip in flash.
I want to put that mc just in one frame and once it finishs playing mc and it will go to frame 2. I don't want to put those extra 49 frames just for it to play.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thank you so much

Movie Clip With 1 Frame?
Hi i wanne make a movie clip with just 1 frame that updates its information by use of action script.

Now when i use 2 frames it will call the action script and loop this. So that the information is updated making my movie WORK. But i want it to use 1 frame since frame nr 2 contains nothing but a copy of frame 1. If i remove frame 2 it wont loop anymore. Is their a way around this?

Go To Movie Clip Frame?
Quick question... I feel stupid but can't for the life of me get this to work (and I've searched and searched...)

I need to have a movie clip go to a certain frame upon getting to a certain frame in the main timeline. How do I do this?

Thanks!

If This Movie Clip...go To This Frame
Is there a way, using actionscript to tell a button to gotoandplay 1 of 2 different frames within a movie clip, depending on the conditions of an if statement?

For example, on a site I am doing, when a user clicks on the "photos" button, the background drops out, and the pictures load. If they click on "about" after looking at pictures, the background stays gone. I want the background to load back in if a user clicks on any of the nav buttons, after clicking on "photos", but only if they have clicked on photos first. If they go from "contact" to "about" the background stays in tact, so there is no reason for it to re-load.

Does this make sense??