Re: FLASH: Getting Buttons within a MC to Go To different scenes

[Dorian Nisinson]

Hi Lincoln,

	I would convert the scenes to movie clips so that tell targeting would

work easily. Your problem highlights one of the main reasons not to use

scenes. There are work arounds that I have heard of, but, as I avoid the

use of scenes in any interactive piece I do, I cannot guarantee that

they work from personal experience. The work around I heard mentioned

involved having your target be a frame label in the other scene. You

would have to type in the frame label because it would not be available

from the drop down menu as the labeled frame is in another scene. I have

also heard people mention using load movie to solve this problem of

cross scene communication but I see that as a very cumbersome solution

to a simple problem.

	If you are using this cross scene communication as a major part of your

navigation structure this work-around could rapidly become bothersome.

My best advice would be to change your scenes to movie clips.


Dorian


Lincoln Barbour wrote:

> 

> Hi, I need help today more than ever.

> 

> I have created a menu system that has 10 buttons within a movie clip. The

> movie clip has two frames, one is blank with a stop action, the other has

> all the buttons and a stop action. Now the MC is controlled by another

> button (using Tell Target) to simulate a pull down menu.

> 

> Here's my problem: Flash 4 won't let me add the "Go to and Play (another

> scene)" action to the buttons within the MC. The scene field is totally

> disabled.

> 

> Is there anything I can do?

> 

> here's the movie (it's pretty big: 297K)

> http://www.genesis-studios.cc/tep/

> 

> Thanks for any help,

> 

> Lincoln Barbour

> Director of Creative Services

> 

> Genesis Studios

> A Full Service Web Design Agency

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>

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