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

[Robert Bleeker]

Looks like a lot of people need a good lesson in targeting!! :-)


Helen, you could be right IF the tell target code is actually executed on

the main timeline (which it might not be).

Jason White has to right idea: (here is a translated version to match the

original request)


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

 Begin Tell Target ("/anim_mc")

     Go To and Play( /:frameLabelToPlay )

 End Tell Target


Using his code you can execute it anywhere you like and it will still work,

it could be inside a MC that is inside another MC etc. etc. It will still

work as he is using a fixed path from the main timeline.


Randy, 

just remember that any code inside the "Tell Target" function is like it is

inside the actual MC you are targeting. So if you want to use a variable you

need to target to it is if you are inside the target MC. That's why it is

very helpful to place the 'frameLabelToPlay' variable on the main timeline

as you always can get to it by using a simple "/:" in front of the variable

to get it.


I usually have a seperate empty MC called "global" on the main timeline so I

have a special place to store my variables, and I can always get to them by

using "/global:" in front of any variable I store in there. Another reason

to use a separate MC is that I can key frame delete it and so erasing any

variables that may be in there.


Sorry for the ramble but it might just help somebody.


Robert


     Robert Bleeker

      CADRE design

http://www.cadre.com.au

     +61-2-96859889


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on 24/6/00 11:14 AM, Helen Triolo at

designeri-technica [dot] com

 wrote:


> Randy Smith wrote:

>> 

>> 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

>> 

> 

> Randy,

> You need to say Go To and Play(/:frameLabelToPlay) because the variable

> frameLabelToPlay is on the main timeline.

> 

> ----------------------------------------

> helen triolo  �  http://i-technica.com



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