Re: FLASH: GO TO another Scene from within MC

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Scott,

	You should be able to see your movie clips perform by doing a

Control/Test Movie or pressing shift-enter. You can even test

load-unload movies this way.


Dorian


Scott Ewen wrote:

> 

>   John Croteau wrote:

> 

> >Hi Scott,

> >

> >> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to create a GO TO within a MC

> >> that targets another scene in my movie? When I set a GO TO within a

> >> MC,  "current scene" in the pull down menu field is grayed out as if

> >> it is not an option.

> >When in a Movie Clip you must Tell Target another MC or the main

> >timeline. 'Go to's only work on the timeline they are in (i.e. the MC's

> >timeline), there are never any scene choices inside a MC, so it is

> >grayed out.

> >

> >> I would like to house my Navigation Buttons in a  MC and have them

> >> target all the different scenes within my Flash Movie.

> >It is highly recommended that you do not use scenes, as it limits many

> >advanced options in Flash.

> >

> >> Subsequently, I would like to houes my Navigation Buttons MC within

> >> another movie clip that remains on the stage threoughout all my

> >> scenes. That way if I make a change to my layout or navigation it is

> >> made Globaly thoughout all of my scenes. Is that possible?

> >Not with Scenes, it isn't.

> 

> Thanks for your answer John.You've confirmed what I suspected.

> 

> As a solution, Ive  incorporated all of the content changes for my

> movie s into a MC of its own. So, there is no need to switch between

> scenes and I can Target any  MC in my File from an other MC and get

> around the Main Movie easily

> 

>   The only problem is that, since everything is encapsulated into MC's

> I have to export the Flash Movie in order to see how the changes play

> out on the stage. Not a big deal but I was hoping there was an

> expression I could use to GO TO other scenes thus allowing me to

> break up my project onto seperate movies if/when it gets too large.

> 

> I could still do this howevere but it wont be as easy as copying all

> of the frames and MC's from a scene and pasting them  into a new file

> to save as a seperate SWF. I would hgave t go into each MC and copy

> the content I want to use and reasssemble it in another file.

> 

> Thanks again.

> 

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