Re: FLASH: Returning to main timeline from MC?

[Marc Hoffman]

At 03:56 PM 3/7/99 -0600, you wrote:

>My question is how do I return to a specific place in the main timeline by

>clicking on a button within the MC?


Use TellTarget.  If the frame you want to go to in the main timeline were

labeled "act2," you would assign this action to the button in the MC

(couble-click the button on the stage and select the "actions" tab):


On (Release)

	Begin TellTarget

		Target: ..

			GoTo and Play

				Frame label: act2

	End TellTarget

End On



Note that the target designation ".." refers to the timeline one level

above the button.  That is, the button is placed in a MC, but ".." refers

to the timeline that holds the MC.  You can also use "../" for the same

target.  TellTarget uses relative paths, like DOS paths.  Dorian Nisenson

has a web page that demonstrates graphically how to designate the

TellTarget path between Flash elements on different levels:

http://www.bway.net/~dorian/TTtutor.htm



Marc Hoffman

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