RE: FLASH: changing frame in main movie

[T.R. Henigson]

Julie: Along with telling target before unloading the movie,

the tell target should be "_level0". When you target "/" you

are targetting the main timeline of the movie you are unloading.


Ted



> Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 12:44:56 +1000

>

From: Robert Bleeker <rbleekercadre [dot] com [dot] au>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: changing frame in main movie

>

> Hi Julie,

>

> Make sure you do call the tell target before you unload the movie. And

> remember it can only change to another frame within the same scene.

> Probably use "/" if the target is the main timeline.

>

> Robert

>

>

on 9/6/00 12:36 PM, julie gargan at juliegkickmedia [dot] com wrote:

>

> > I think I have seen this question before, but if so I have deleted the

> > responses, so let me apologize if I am being repetitive.

> >

> > What I have is a movie that loads another swf on top of it, and

> what I want

> > to do is when I unload that swf I want the one behind it to go

> to a certain

> > frame.  But, I can't figure out how to target the original swf.  I tried

> > tell target: "/", "../", "main.swf" (each one at a different time

> > obviously).  Nothing has worked.

> >

> > How might I go about doing this?

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> > -julie



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