Re: FLASH: Why can I get the 'If frame is loaded" action to work in a button

[Marc Hoffman (Dart Frog Media)]

At 01:19 PM 8/7/99 -0500, you wrote:

>...

>I tried using the preloader again by putting a "go to" action in the

>buttons to moved the playhead to 2 frame loop in which the "If frame

>loaded" action checks for frame loaded before moving to the frame, but I

>have not been able to get this to work. If it worked for the begining

>animation, why not here?? Is it some how related to the buttons being

>movie clips with seperate timelines and as such, cannot refer back to

>the main timeline without help???? Why can't you just put "If frames

>loaded" into a button and be done with it?


If Frame Is Loaded only checks frames in the current timeline, and is used

primarily (exclusively?) in the main timeline. It would work fine if you

put an If Frame Is Loaded loop just before your navigation buttons appear,

to keep the playback looping on a static image (the last image of the

30-frame preloader) or perhaps to keep a movie clip looping at that point,

and only move ahead to the navigation buttons when the movie is ready to

receive the GoTo actions of the buttons. Alternatively, you could have a

series of If Frame Is Loaded loops that would reveal each button in

sequence as the associated frame has loaded.


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