Help it keeps on disappearing

Hi. I am creating a game and i want the stick figure to have a gun in his had when i press button. So far i have put a button on frame 1 and then stick figure is on frame 2. On the stick figure timeline i have created a gun on frame 5. I have made the button goto frame 5 on the stickfigure timeline but it doesnt show. This is probaly because they are on two different frames but does anyone know how i could get i to work. I know that it isnt a button faultty or anything because i tried putting the stick figure on the same frame and it worked but it doesnt wok on 2 different frame. Here is the code in the button :

on (release){
_root.char2.gotoAndStop(5);
}

Does anyone know what i should do??? I might have use alpha . does anyone know the codes for that???
Thanks

trace out some properties- e.g

PHP Code:

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on (release){
    trace("vis: "+_root.char2._visible);
    trace("alpha: "+_root.char2._alpha);
    trace("frame: "+_root.char2._currentframe);
    trace("x/y: "+_root.char2._x+"/"+_root.char2._y);
} 


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and check if everything is visible on stage

Hi
Thanks but does anyone know the AS 2.0 code.
Because i dont understand PHP
What i want isa shop on frame 1 where if you press a button the stickman on frame 2 will have a gun. I know how to use alpha but not on2 seperate page. Can anyone help me???
Thanks

it is actionscript- its just that this dump bulletin board doesn´t have a propper AS code representation - but the php tag gets as close as it can here.
perhaps you feel more comfort with this (wich is the same)

Code:

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on (release){
    trace("vis: "+_root.char2._visible);
    trace("alpha: "+_root.char2._alpha);
    trace("frame: "+_root.char2._currentframe);
    trace("x/y: "+_root.char2._x+"/"+_root.char2._y);
}

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as for the rest- can´t follow you very well there- placing game elements on different frames on the main timeline is not a good idea. if you want to hide or display movieClips use the _visible attribute like:

PHP Code:

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myMovieClip._visible = false; 


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Originally Posted by renderhjs

it is actionscript- its just that this dump bulletin board doesn´t have a propper AS code representation

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And FK is suposed to be the best Flash portal evar...

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Originally Posted by Incrue

And FK is suposed to be the best Flash portal evar...

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well the people are the gems here - but the system is getting old not to mention the tutorial & movie section or the horible start page.
dont get me wrong I am rather criticizing the technical disadvantages on this domain- not at all the great community

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Originally Posted by renderhjs

well the people are the gems here

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Definitely, if you focus on the games board the members are the best, im also talking about the tech side, i mean, fk must have been one of the first Flash portals and ppl are showing their 'php' code for ages, how though must be to change that? I know this is not such a big thing, but put that in the perspective that this is suposed to be THE biggest portal 100% devoted to Flash...