Re: FLASH: HELP A POOR STARVING NEWBIE

[Laura Mollett]

> Each movie has a stop action as part of the

> individual movie clip. Everything is in the library. I have taken those

> movie clips and put them on separate layers within the main scene (scene 1)

> I merely want each movie clip to play in order, first one then movie clip

> two and onto clip3. I have put each clip in one keyframe--movie clip 1 in

> keyframe 1, movie clip 2 in keyframe 2 etc... When I test the movie nothing

> happens.

You need to use tell target to tell your movie clips when to start playing.

Double click on the first clip where it's placed in the main movie, choose

the "definition" tab and give your movie clip an instance name. When you

want it to start playing, add a keyframe in the movie, double click on the

keyframe itself. You'll get a dialogue box called "frame properties" - click

on the actions tab, hold down the "+" symbol and choose "tell target" - type

your instance name into the "target" box and choose "play". You can either

repeat this for each movie clip, or (since you want them to play in order)

provide the tell target for the next clip in the last frame of each clip (in

the same manner). Alternatively :) remove the stop action from the first

frame of the clip and instead put it on the last frame of the clip (so it

stops when it's done). The clips will automatically play when you place them

in the movie, but you need to leave enough frames between each one to allow

one to finish before the next starts (or they'll play over top of each

other).


hth :)

Laura


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