Re: FLASH: Call the parent timeline from a MC

[Randy Kato]

Willie,


You're getting a few different options here, but that all may just

confuse you more. Here's a little explanation (that's also found in the

manual)...


The basic universal path to the main timeline is just a slash "/" so you

can use this to work down from the main timeline as well. For example,

no matter where you are in your movie you can refer to a MC on the main

timeline as "/mymovieclip".


The "../" is just like in HTML, it goes up one step to the parent

timeline. So this will only target the main timeline if you're targeting

from an object that is on the main timeline. If you're in MC2 that's

inside MC1 that's on the main timeline, "../" will be targeting MC1.


Now, the "_level0" is actually more 'universal' than the slash because

it targets the main timeline on Level 0. It's useful when you're dealing

with loaded movies that are on different levels.


HTH,

Randy



Willie G wrote:


> Hi,

>

> I posted this question to a Flash Newbies list as well and I must

> say, I've never seen the evil in "cross-posting". If anyone can

> explain it to me, I'm all ears...

>

> So, this is pretty basic, but I'm really stuck...

>

> Anyone know how I can call the main timeline from a button

> embedded in a movie clip? How am I suposed to write the

> pathname in a tell target? (In F4)

>

> I want to jump to the next frame in the main timeline when

> the user clicks a button in a Movie Clip.

>

> Hey, how do you guys figure all this stuff out? I can't find

> any good ActionScript books anywhere. Does everyone learn

> Flash from online sources?

>

> I learned a bit about Director/Lingo a while back and found

> it a WHOLE lot easier to get things done.


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