Multiple Movie Controls

[shamrock1]

I am using the latest Koolmoves (5.2.5) and wanted to see if it is possible to run multiple movies on a page with a single controll to continue all the movies at the same time.
The needed setup,
1. I have three movies.
2. There are 20 fromes per each movie.
3. They are running in sync and have related information.
4. On frame 5, 10, 15 & 20 I stop the movie so the user can view the information about the product.

Is there a way to have a click to continue that will start all 3 movies at the same time?

Thank you for any help on this.

[blanius]

Assuming you have a button in the root movie, and the three movies are called mc1 mc2 and mc3

on(release){
mc1.gotoAndPlay(11)
mc2.gotoAndPlay(11)
mc3.gotoAndPlay(11)
}


I am using the latest Koolmoves (5.2.5) and wanted to see if it is possible to run multiple movies on a page with a single controll to continue all the movies at the same time.
The needed setup,
1. I have three movies.
2. There are 20 fromes per each movie.
3. They are running in sync and have related information.
4. On frame 5, 10, 15 & 20 I stop the movie so the user can view the information about the product.

Is there a way to have a click to continue that will start all 3 movies at the same time?

Thank you for any help on this.

[Bob Hartzell]

5.2.5 is not the latest version. Use Help > Update Software.

[shamrock1]

I'm not sure I full understand. If I just have the three movies, mc1 mc2 and mc3, can I put a button on mc2 that will start all three again?

[blanius]

if you put it on a child movie like mc2 then the references are different

_parent.mc1.gotoAndPlay
_parent.mc3.gotoAndPlay
this.gotoAndPlay

[shamrock1]

OK let me see if I got this straight,

I will be calling seperate swf files so is the following correct,
_parent.mc1.swf.gotoAndPlay
_parent.mc3.swf.gotoAndPlay

[blanius]

OK let me see if I got this straight,

I will be calling seperate swf files so is the following correct,
_parent.mc1.swf.gotoAndPlay
_parent.mc3.swf.gotoAndPlay

uh no.... where the swf come from..... I'm going to guess what you are saying is that the movies are loaded swf's that you put in the movie when editing. The KM interface would have named them something like mc1 mc3 etc... so it's still just _parent.mc1.gotoAndPlay(n) where n is the frame number or the frame name as a string.

[shamrock1]

They are three seperate swf files running on a single html page.

[blanius]

Oh that's a horse of a different color.

That requires something called "localConnection" do a search there was some sample code on the forum at some point.

[shamrock1]

blanius,

Thank you for you time and information provided. I looked at the localconnection and that is exactly what I need.