Re: FLASH: frame actions and movie clip

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 05:52 PM 5/28/99 -0400, you wrote:

>is there a way using the (frame)actions within the frame properties to tell a 

>movie clip that I have placed in a single frame to play once and then have 

>another movie clip play in the next frame.


I am assuming you have the first movie clip (MC) in a frame on the main

timeline and there's a stop action there, too. Then in the next frame

you've placed the second MC, replacing the first MC in the same layer. All

you need, then, is a frame action in the last frame of the first MC that says:


TellTarget (target: /)

	Play

End TellTarget


This will make the main timeline (targeted as "/") advance to the next

frame, where the first MC no longer exists and the second MC does exist.


If the MC's exist simultaneously, they will each need a stop action in the

first frame, which should be empty of graphics, and they'll each need an

instance name, which is applied on stage using Instance Properties. Then

you'll use TellTarget to make each MC play in turn, putting those

TellTarget actions in the last frame of the prior MC or perhaps in a button

on the main stage.


Probably more than you needed to know :-)



Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

Flash3 Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>, featured 

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