Flash :: Jumping To An Specific Frame In A Movie Loaded Into The Main Timeline

Loading A Movie From A Movie On Main Timeline, To A Specific Frame On Main Time Line
I need help loading a movie from a button in a movie on the main timeline. To a specific frame on the main timeline.
i.e. I have a navigation movie, in it is a load of buttons. I want to load separate movies to a blank movie on a specific frame on the main timeline.
I guess I am having target problems, I can load the movie in the main timeline, but not the frame i want it or the the blank movie in that frame.

Playing A Transition Without Jumping To A New Frame On My Main Timeline
Hello Friends

I am trying to play a transition to another page in my flash site without having the video in the back ground jumping. To be specific, I have a video playing in my main timeline of candles and I am going to do a transition where I mask the video. However the only way I know how to do this is to have a

on (release) {gotoAndPlay(681);}

on a button. But this creates jumps in my video clip which I have playing in the main timeline. Is there a way I can create the transition from where the user clicks it so there is no jumps in my video?

You can see my sample site here so you know what I am talking about:
http://www.mmas.unca.edu:16080/~djratlif/

Thanks For your help!

Targeting A Frame In The Main Timeline Of The Root From An Externally Loaded Movie
Hi! I'm trying to target a frame called "home_portfolio" on the main timeline from a loaded swf. Here's the code on the portfolio button:
on (release) {
tellTarget ("_root") {
gotoAndPlay("home_portfolio");
}
}

On the "home_portfolio" frame is an action to load the portfolio movie. However, it ignores this.

After reviewing some of the other posts I've changed the code on the portfolio button to be"
_root.gotoAndPlay"home_portfolio"

yet when I publish the swf the output says
Symbol=_bottom nav, Layer=text, Frame=1: Line 1: ';' expected
_root.gotoAndPlay"home_portfolio"

I don't understand why either one of these codes won't work. Can you help? Thanks so much

Calling A Specific Frame In A MovieClip From The Main Timeline
I have a movieClip named (both as an object and as an instance) vertRotatingBackground sitting in my main timeline. I also have a button in my main timeline that on(press) I want it to advance the frame of the vertRotatingBackground by one. I've tried using gotoAnd... functions, targetPath function, etc and can't same to find a way to properly call the movieClip and reference a frame within that movieClip. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Linking From External Swf In Mc To Specific Frame Of Mc On The Main Timeline
Hi all!

I hope, somebody can help me with that:

I have a movieclip on the main timeline that is called "scene". In that MC I load an external swf ("text") into an empty MC called "container". The swf "text" has a button that unloads movie from the empty MC.

Now I would like to jump to a specific frame called "goaway" in the MC "scene". What code do I need for the button to go directly to the frame in the MC?

This is how I call the swf in the MC "scene":

stop();
createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
loadMovie("day11blase1.swf", "container");
container._x = 0;
container._y = 0;

To unload the Movie I used

on (release) {
unloadMovie("container");
gotoandstop("goaway");
}

which obviously did not work...

Can anybody help?

Thanks!
Monika

Keeping An MC At A Specific Frame When Main Timeline Passes Into A Different Scene
hi everyone.

i have this menu MC, that has the option to be open or collapse

frame 1 - open
frame 2 - collapse

when my root timeline passes into a different scene, my menu MC timeline restarts at frame 1.

so basically the menu pops open every time the _root switches scenes...

is there a piece of code that i can throw on to the MC that will make it stay in the frame that it is?

thx.
~nina

Button In Mc Takes User To Specific Frame On Main Timeline In A New Scene?
Hi

Is it possible for a button in a movie clip symbol to take the user to a new scene?

For example:
On frame 1 of Scene 1 a movie clip symbol starts to play. When it's finished playing the user can click a button which takes them to the next movie clip symbol on (e.g.) frame 5 of Scene 1, or they can click a button that takes them to a specific frame in a new scene (e.g.) Scene 2.

Is this possible?? I've managed to get them moving from clip to clip within a single scene (using root.gotoAndPlay), but I can't figure out how they would move from a movie clip symbol in one Scene to a movie clip symbol in a different scene.

If it's possible please tell me how... I'm dyin' out here!!

Many, many thanks in advance!

sn

Dilema - Get Loaded In Swf To Goto Frame Label On Main Timeline?
I have a button that is loaded into my main movie at level 2. in my main movie on the timeline I have a frame label called guestbook. I want my button, when released to go to trigger the frame label.

on my button i have the script:

on (release) {
_root.gotoAndStop("guestbook");
}

Obvously this does not work because it references the wrong timeline so i tried:

on (release) {
_parent.gotoAndStop("guestbook");
}

thinking that somehow it would see the parent swf and work - haha - me and my dumb ideas of course it doesnt work.

do you know how i can get it to work. Perhaps i should mention that the button that loads in at level 2 is inside a movie clip (for reasons of animation)

anyway enough ramblings
Can you help me?

Thank you

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

Changing Frame On Main Timeline From Externally Loaded SWF Button/movieclip
Ok so I have a Main.swf which loads a menuheader.swf which is the menu.
I have a button called loginBut inside menuheader.swf that once clicked should change the frame on the main timeline, any idea's?

here is the code on the menuheader SWF, it obviously just changes the frame on itself.

ActionScript Code:
loginTestBut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,myLoginFunction);

function myLoginFunction(evt:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

I also tried having the event listener on the actual main SWF aswell and put something along the lines of.

ActionScript Code:
var header:PreLoaderSwf = new PreLoaderSwf();
addChild(header);
header.y = -10;
header.startLoad("xswf/MenuHeader.swf");

header.loginTestBut.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,myLoginFunction);

function myLoginFunction(evt:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndPlay(2);
}

I think the problem here was that I'm using my own PreLoaderSwf class to load it, so it refers to that when it looks to add the eventlistener.

Buttons In Movie Clips Return User To Specific Frames On Main Timeline
Hi

I'm fairly new to Flash 5 and have a problem / query I was hoping someone out there could help me with.

I have several movie clip symbols on specific frames on my main timeline. At the end of the first movie clip's timeline I'd like the user to be able to click a button within the movie clip which will return them to a specific frame on the main timeline, and therefore start playing a different movie clip symbol.

Is this possible... and if so how's it done??

Thanks in advance!!

Help Load A Movie (and Frame) On A Specific Frame In My Timeline
I need to Load a movie and go to a specific frame within that loaded movie.

I know how to do this "on press & release" commands but how do I get it to load when a certain frame is reached in my timeline.

Example. When finished preloading it plays frame 25. When it gets to frame 25 I wan't a movie to load and start on a certain frame.

If you need more info or I am not making myself clear, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.

Should Be Easy. How Do I Get A Frame In A Movie To Go&play A Frame In Main Timeline?
Hi,

I trying to get a frame in a movie clip (that's 1 level down the hierachy) to gotoAndPlay a frame that's on the main timeline that's labeled "Fade1".

How do I do it?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

I'm using Flash 5.

Dan

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.

Loading Specific Frame Of External .swf Into Main Movie
how to load frame label "one" of external.swf into main movie.

load_btn.onPress = function () { loadMovie("external.swf.......?????

thanks
gepo

Jumping To Main Timeline...
is there a way to jump to the main timeline?

i.e. if your deep into movieclips is there a way to play the main timeline rather then....

_parent._parent._parent._parent._parent.play();

cheers...

How To Time The Starting Of An Exteranlly Loaded Movie After A Specific Part Of Main
Plz help with this...
how to time the starting of an exteranlly loaded movie after a specific part of main movie has loaded...

I have a movie called mywork.swf, which is loading thumbnails and display (the display of main clip/ image when u click on any thumbnail) externally from a movie called thumbnail_loaded.swf
Now that is working fine...
But the problem is here... in mywork.swf , I am also loading a movie called tbn_detail.swf whihc has the detail of the work displayed (from thumbnail_loaded.swf) and the serial number of the project page (like in www.albertocerriteno.com , in exhibition link click on any thumbnails and see the numbers with detail on top- thats exactly wat i want) but dont knw how to get it working...if some1 has a similar file or knws how i shd go about it plzzz help ...im working on a deadline so any urgent help wld be much appreciated...

Thanks a ton

How To Time The Starting Of An Externally Loaded Movie After A Specific Part Of Main.
Plz help with this...
how to time the starting of an exteranlly loaded movie after a specific part of main movie has loaded...

I have a movie called mywork.swf, which is loading thumbnails and display (the display of main clip/ image when u click on any thumbnail) externally from a movie called thumbnail_loaded.swf
Now that is working fine...
But the problem is here... in mywork.swf , I am also loading a movie called tbn_detail.swf whihc has the detail of the work displayed (from thumbnail_loaded.swf) and the serial number of the project page (like in www.albertocerriteno.com , in exhibition link click on any thumbnails and see the numbers with detail on top- thats exactly wat i want) but dont knw how to get it working...if some1 has a similar file or knws how i shd go about it plzzz help ...im working on a deadline so any urgent help wld be much appreciated...

Thanks a ton

Can I Target The Main Timeline From A Loaded Movie?
So...I load a swf into the main timeline. How can I target the main movie when the loaded swf is finished? Is this possible...and if so how do I do it?

Thanks.

Playing The Main Timeline From An Loaded Movie.....?
Hi all, I have a simple question, In the main Scene in a frame I have a action:

Stop
Load Movie ("graficooo.swf", "porttarget2")

After, the movie open and play... but in the end I need to put a action that unload the movie
(Stop // Unload Movie ("../porttarget2")
and play the timeline of the scene..... What is the correctelly action ???

Thankx

Loffi

Help Targeting Main Timeline From Loaded Movie
How do you target the main timeline from a movie loaded to level1?

I’ve tried things like the fallowing without success.

_root.gotoAndPlay(2)

_parent.gotoAndPlay(2)

_level0.gotoAndPlay(2)

please help,
S

How To Address The Main Timeline From The Loaded Movie?
Hi,

i got a movie loaded in my main timeline(_root) in the frame 20.
and i got a stop() action as well in the same frame. Am loading the movie at a level8. now, i want once the loaded movie is finished playing, i want the main timeline's playHead move to frame21.

so, what i did was, i written the code in last frame of the loading movie like this:

_root.gotoAndStop(21);
\this doesn't work.

__root.nextFrame();

\this too doesn't work.

can i use some sort of function, to sort my problem?

How To Address Main Timeline From The Loaded Movie?
Hi,

i got a movie loaded in my main timeline(_root) in the frame 20.
and i got a stop() action as well in the same frame. Am loading the movie at a level8. now, i want once the loaded movie is finished playing, i want the main timeline's playHead move to frame21.

so, what i did was, i written the code in last frame of the loading movie like this:

_root.gotoAndStop(21);
\this doesn't work.

__root.nextFrame();

\this too doesn't work.

can i use some sort of function, to sort my problem?

[f8] Problem With Movie Once Loaded Into Main Timeline
hello

i have a problem that i have been unable to solve foe weeks now and it's driving me mad.

I really hope someone here can help.

I have attached a php script and flash form.

The flash form and script work fine when the form is accessed directly.
See here (give it a go):
http://www.luciddreampictures.com/ld_contact.swf

But when is is brought into my main flash file it sends the email but the php returns the error message 'no email address supplied' (even though an email address has been supplied!) and the flash is sent to my 'resubmit' frame.

Try it out here:
http://www.luciddreampictures.com

click contact (i know the button need to be sorted).

Feel free to send test emails to see what's happening.

I know there are different ways scripts to use but i would like to get this one working.

Can anyone figure out why it doesnt work properly when nested in another movie?

i don't think it is a targeting issue as the emails are being sent and the error message is being received.

Thanks for your help.

Julian

Controlling Main Timeline From Loaded Movie
I have loaded an external movie onto the main movie in a movie clip called "mainholder" - In the main timeline on the main movie there is a "stop" command on frame 1. From the loaded movie, I want to control the main timeline and tell it to go to frame 2. Can someone tell me the actionscripting to do this, I have tried several commands and getting frustrated. ;-)

Thanks

Targeting Movie Frame From Main Timeline
Hello,

How do I call up a specific frame in a movie clip from my main timeline? My movie clip instance is called 'menu' and the frame I want is 2.

I don't really understand _level,_target,_root, or _parent commands and have not loaded the movie in any special way other than dragging it onto the main timeline.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Loaded Swf With Buttons Not Communicating With Main Movie Timeline
hi

i have a swf that i load into a level in the main movie that contains my menu. i want to use the buttons in this movieclip to navigate to different frames in my main movie (which loads other movieclips on different levels)

the buttons are themselves in movieclips but this doesn't seem to be a problem when i have the whole menu in a movieclip in the same movie, not loaded externally.

i've tried using

Code:
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(40);
}
which works in the same movie, but not when i load the movieclip into the main movie.

Is it because i'm loading the movieclip into layers rather than a container?

i know i'm probably making some huge mistake so any help whatsoever will be greatly appreciated.

thanx

Duswa

Control The Play On The Main Timeline From Within A Loaded Movie (not A Movie Clip)?
Question... I have a movie (main movie) that loads another movie (movie 2) automatically. Movie 2 contains a button that loads yet another movie (movie3). Now I’m having trouble with this next part... When movie3 loads I want "main movie" to stop where it’s at in the timeline and stop all other loaded movies until the user clicks another button where upon movie 3 will go away and "main movie" will resume. Movie 2 is like the paper clip guy in Word and movie 3 is my help movie. Therefore, it can be accessed at any point during the main movie and I don’t want to use a goTo command to jump to a frame label or scene. Does anyone have any idea how to control the play on the main timeline from within a loaded movie (not a movie clip)?

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

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/

Consecutive Movie Clips On The Same Frame (main Timeline)
-flash movie has 1 frame with about 10 layers.
-on each layer there is a 10-frame movie clip
-after one movie clip, I want another movie clip on another layer to play.
-the other mc "instance" is named "mc02"
-on that 2nd mc, it starts with a stop() frame so it doesn't play right away.
-the 2nd frame is called "start01"
-here's the action script on the last frame of the 1st MC :

stop();
_root.mc02.gotoAndPlay(start01);

I thought this would work, but it doesn't...any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance....
md

GotoAndStop From The Main Timeline To A Frame In A Movie Clip
Im relatively new to Flash and very new to this forum. I'll try to conform to the rules/suggestions about posting that I read.

My problem is that I have an instance of a movie clip on my main timeline. I have actionscript on the first frame of the main timeline and I want to be able to, based on user input, direct people to the appropriate frame in my movie clip. I have tried a few things and none seem to work. This includes labeling the movie clip which seemed to work for someone else in another post i read that was similar. Right now i have this -- _root.gotoAndStop("pius5", dest); -- where "pius5" is the name and label of the movie clip and dest is the frame. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One other thing. If I copy the frames from pius5 to the main timeline I can easily use the gotoAndStop command but the movie clip become much larger in size when pasted. I thought this was strange. Anyone know why?

Thanks in advance,
Matt

Addressing The Main Movie Timeline From A Movie Loaded Via LoadMovie.
I have a clip on the main time line of a host movie that I would like to make visible when the second frame of the swf to be loaded, containing an embedded video movie clip loads.

I have this code on the video clip in the movie to be loaded:

code: onClipEvent (load) {
_root.witch_mc._visible=true;

}

Which I had hoped would have addressed the main timeline of the host movie where the targeted clip was – but no joy.

Any help please?

Tell Loaded Movie To Go To Specific Frame
Hope someone can help.

I am loading a movie into my main movie. I then want to tell that movie to go to a particular frame. I have tried this:

on (release) {
loadMovie ("../aspect/aspect_all.swf", "_parent.main_drop");
while (int(_parent.main_drop.getBytesTotal())>int(_paren t.main_drop.getBytesLoaded())) {
trace (getBytesLoaded);
}
tellTarget ("_parent.main_drop") {
gotoAndPlay ("three");
}
}

However, it doesn't work. It loads the movie fine, but ignores the specific frame command. On debug, it says target (_parent.main_drop) not found.

I am desperate to get this to work! Hope there is a brain out there that knows what's going on.
Thanks

Go To Specific Frame In Loaded Movie?
Hi, I'm using MX and trying to figure out how to go to a specific frame in a loaded movie. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Goto Frame Label In Main Timeline From Movie Clip
Hi..
Could somebody point me in the right direction.

I have a buuton in a movie clip that I need to point at a frame label
on the main timeline.

I am using :-

on (release) {
removeMovieClip(dultanMC);
_root.play("Scene 1", "myframelabel");
}

It does not go to "myframelabel" but to the first frame of the
main timeline.

I've tried gotoAndPlay ("Scene 1", "myframelabel");

that just removes movie and does not redirect.

Please could somebody advise.

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?

Flash 8 - Trouble Linking Button To Specific Frame In Movie Clip On Timeline
Hello,

I am fairly new to action script so I am trying to animate this piece with frames.

Basically, I have adrop down menu, which contains about 20 buttons. Each button is set to _root.Keys_MC.gotoAndPlay("frame label"); a specific from within the Keys_MC which is on the main timeline.

The problem is, no matter which one I click, it always links me to the first frame of that movie clip. Does anyone know a solution to this problem??? Any help/suggestions would be awesome.

Thank You

? 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)

How To Start A Loaded Movie At A Specific Frame ( MX )
We have 2 movies. main.swf and software.swf. In main there's a button that loads the software in the flashplayer at level 0.

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("software.swf", 0);
}

Question: From software we want to go back to main. Only this time we want to skip the intro and go to a specific frame / label in main.

This is the actionscript:

on (release) {
loadMovieNum("main.swf", 0);
_level0.gotoAndStop(65);
}

This way the movie main start from the beginning ( intro ) and not at frame 65. The movie's been loaded first..

How can we go back to main, but skip the intro and go directly to frame 65?

Loading And Going To A Specific Frame In A Loaded Movie
Hello, please bear with me as I explain what I'm trying to do for a travel website:

On my main timeline, I have two frames, 1) preloader; 2) the website movie clip.
The website movie clip has 5 frames, one frame per page (e.g., fr. 1= Home; fr. 2 = Destinations; fr. 3 = FAQ, etc).

On fr. 1 of the website movie clip, I have a short cut to go to different parts of fr. 2, which is Destinations. For example, I have a list of Destinations to click on from the Home page, like "Africa."

All the contents of fr. 2, the Destinations page, is dynamically loaded. I have a separate swf called "destinations.swf" containing about 50 different locations, assigned to 50 different frames. (i.e., fr. 1 = Hawaii; fr. 10 = Norway, fr. 30 = Africa, etc).

Once you are in a Destination (e.g., frame 10 of "destinations.swf"), I call out to different pieces of contents onto the info boxes I have for each destination. For example, going to fr. 30, Africa, will call out to "africafacts.swf" and "africamap.swf").

The Destinations Page (fr. 2 of website timeline) also has the destinations shortcut, and all the above functions work properly without problem. What I can't do is make the shortcut from the Home Page (fr. 1 of website timeline) load specific frames of an external file, "destinations.swf".

Note: I'm not using multiple Scenes or Levels - should I be? I'm a designer and never really learned how best to use Scenes or Levels; have done without using them this whole time. (gasp?)

Here's what I want to do.
When you click on "Africa" from my Home page, I want it to:
1) go to Fr. 2 of the website movie clip
2) load "destinations.swf"
3) go to the "Africa" frame number (e.g., fr. 30) on "destinations.swf"

I can go to Fr. 2 of the website movieclip, load the "destinations.swf" just fine. I can't get the loaded movieclip to go to a specific frame according to each destination (e.g., fr. 10 if Norway was clicked on the short cut; fr. 30 if Africa). I can only get it to load and play the frame 1 of "destinations.swf."

I'm not sure if I'm phrasing this correctly, but how do I call out/load a specific frame number on an external movieclip?

Sorry for the meandering explanation - I have a feeling that my architecture is wack, but I'd really like to avoid having to reconstruct the basic structure of the site.

Thank you for your time and help in advance!

Macgirl

Controlling Navigation Of A Movie Clip Inside A Loaded Swf From Main Timeline
Hi,
I am using the two lines of code below in my main movie to laod another swf into level 50 of the main movie. I then want to control an instance of a movie clip inside the loaded swf called background but the second line (goto) does not work.

Code:
loadMovieNum ("desktops/"+backgroundimage, "50");
_level50.background.gotoAndStop(2);
The first line definately works fine.
Does this mean the hierarchy is such that I should be saying _level50.loadedswf_name.background.gotoAndStop(2)
In which case is there a way of giving the loaded swf an instance name when I load it. Or am I completely wrong?
Thanks again
Robin

Playing A Frame(s) Inside A Movie Clip From Actionscript On The Main Timeline
hello i was wondering if someone could tell me the correct syntax for playing a frame(s) inside a movie clip from actionscript on the main timeline.

I have tried: this.movie_clip.gotoAndStop("frame_name");

i don't want it to play, just stop on the frame (which does not contain any script).

also: gotoAndStop("this.movie_clip", "frame_name");

and: gotoAndStop(this.movie_clip, "frame_name");

please help!

thanks in advance

Al