Re: FLASH: Tell Target > Go to MC frame by label vs number

[Jason White]

Randy,


Variables are sensitive to timelines (as I recently learned the hard

way)...within a tell target, it will (I am pretty sure) look inside that

target's timeline for the expression/variable you are referencing.

Explicity call the variable or set it within the target you are

after...Actually calling it from within the tell target is going to be very

difficult or impossible...but try it this way...


***Setting the variable in the target before doing tell target***

Set Variable: "frameLabelToPlay" = "anim_"& x & "_" & y

Set Variable: "/anim_mc:frameLabelToPlay" = frameLableToPlay

Begin Tell Target ("/anim_mc")

		Go To an Play (frameLabelToPlay)

End Tell Target


FYI...I decided to test this on a piece I've been playing with..and it

worked!  Here's my script. I have a movie clip with instance name

'server2'.  There is a frame in it called 'process' which is where the

animation starts..

On (Release)

      Set Variable: "/server2:frame" = "process"

      Begin Tell Target ("/server2")

            Go to and Play (frame)

      End Tell Target

End On


If you're concatenation is all good then this should work for ya.


Cheers,


Jason


>Hi Folks,

>

>Well I've rummaged around for an answer and tried messing with the syntax

>but I can't seem to get it right. I'm starting to think it doesn't work this

>way and that I'll have to do some math and reference the movie clips frame

>by number instead of label.

>

>I have a movie clip with 25 labels for example ...

>

>label_1_1

>label_1_2

>label_1_3 

>...

>label_5_5

>

>and I'm trying to Go To and Play a label in the movie clip from a variable

>that has been concatenated in the main timeline. Leading up to this event

>the variables x and y are set to numbers between 1 and 5.

>

>Set Variable: "frameLabelToPlay" = "anim_"& x & "_" & y

>Begin Tell Target ("/anim_mc")

>    Go To and Play( frameLabelToPlay )

>End Tell Target

>

>Anyway, my Director thinking doesn't work here. Is there a way to do this?

>

>TIA,

>Randy

>




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