Re: FLASH: AS:

[Kurt Dommermuth]

> >> I've tried this, and it loads the movie but not the label I require. I'm

> >> sure I'm missing something very simple, and would be very grateful if

> >> someone could point me in the right direction.

> >>

> >> On (Release)

> >> Set Variable: "/:gohere" = "corp_lit"

> >> Begin Tell Target ("/")

> >> Get URL ("components.swf")  <!--movie I want to load-->

> >> Go to and Stop ("corp_lit") <!--label name-->

> >> End Tell Target

> >> End On

> >>

> >> Thanks in advance everyone!


Me again Mark,


I'm afraid I'm not the best at trying to be clear in explaining these 

things.  There are a number of people on this list who are so much better, 

but since I'm avoiding work right now as best as I can I want to try and 

help anyway!


I think we've got a misunderstanding between us that I want to try an clear up.


When I said that you can't load a movie and then control it from the same 

frame, I meant that what you had to do was Script the command to load the 

movie in one frame but to control it you had to use another frame.  In 

other words you have to give it a chance to load before you can tell it to 

do anything.  (I could be wrong on this, but it has been my experience)


So in frame (1) you load the movie:


On (Release)

loadMovieNum ("components.swf", 1); <!--movie I want to load-->

End On


But rather than telling the movie to do something in the same frame that 

you are loading it from, put the "goto" action in the following frame:


tellTarget ("_level1") {

     gotoAndPlay ("corp_lit");

}


If doing this in two frames won't work for your particular situation there 

are definitely alternate ways of handling this.


One might be to load the movie and set what I would refer to as an "yes/no" 

"on/off" variable.  LIke so:


On (Release)

loadMovieNum ("components.swf", 1); <!--movie I want to load-->

Set Variable: goto_frame_blah = "1";  <!--this is a message to 

components.swf-->

End On


and then within the movie you are loading (components.swf) put an "If" 

statement in one of the beginning frames that

checks to see what it should do:


if (_level0/:goto_frame_blah = 1) {

     gotoAndPlay ("goto_frame_blah");

}


though I hope this helps, I fear I'm only making it more confusing.  My 

apologies if this is the case, because it is really pretty straightforward 

and you will certainly pick this up in no time.  Perhaps even before you 

get this email!


Good Luck!

Kurt

http://www.dommermuth-1.com



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