FLASH: GoTo Action failure (VERY creepy)

[Marcel Trenchard]

First off, I want to state that this apparent bug is NOT a simple case of

conflicting Actions. There is only one Button Action at frame 2 and one Stop

Frame-Action at the very end in the entire movie in question. 


I'm building a preloader where each frame contains a  bitmap. Once a bitmap

loads the timeline should progress to the next frame and load another

bitmap. I have 18 bitmaps to load. On another layer there is a "skip

preLoader" button with a GoTo action. The GoTo sends the playback head to

frame 19 (frame 19 is where the course begins). 

This is how the "skip" button action appears in the Object Inspector -

On (Release)

   Go to and Stop (19)

End On


The only other action(frame, button, or otherwise) in the entire movie is

the Stop on the last frame.

There is nothing on frame 19 except for a big ugly red rectangle just for

debugging purposes. For some reason, the "Skip preLoader" button is not

performing the action. See 4 yourself -

swf file -http://www.trenchard.net/debug.swf

fla file -http://www.trenchard.net/debug.fla

**warning: these are Flash 4 files that may crash if you only have the 3.0

plug-in**


The only time the offending button works is when the movie is cached by the

browser and/or played locally (which is useless if you're trying to build a

preloader).


I've seen so many "skip intro" buttons in dozens of Flash movies. That's all

this is, really. So..what gives flashers?


thanks ya'll,

marcel trenchard


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