Re: FLASH: basic problem with actions (newbie)

[Todd Goldstein]

heh, that's in chapter 15 and I'm only in chapter 12.  It's just a 

one step Go To action.


thanks...



>Are you using tell targeting?

>

>-Wayne Pennell

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From: "Todd Goldstein" <todd_goldsteinwgbh [dot] org>

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To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

>Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:43 PM

>Subject: FLASH: basic problem with actions (newbie)

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>>  Hi, I'm just learning Flash 4 (for mac) using one of the Visual

>>  Quickstart Guides, and I came upon the first example of using actions.

>>

>>  It's a simple 2 scene movie, with each scene consisting of 2 layers

>>  and 5 frames.  One layer in each scene is for content, and the other

>>  is for actions.

>>

>>  The goal is to use a Go To action to jump from scene 1, frame 1 to

>>  scene 2, frame 1, and then continue to the end.

>>

>>  I set it up exactly like the book said, and I also made sure "enable

>>  frame actions" was checked.  However, the program is ignoring the

>>  action and running right through all 10 frames.

>>

>>  Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

>>

>>  thanks very much,

>>  Todd


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