Ray Text Effect

[Syko1096]

OK...this one is really confusing me... in the Ray Text Effect ( http://www.flashkit.com/movies/Text_...51/index.shtml )the actionscript makes several referenced to Go to and Stop (../:n) or Go to and Stop (../..:n). How exactly does this work? I see a counter which uses n for the variable so I assume that the n refers to a frame number in the movie clip. So I guess my real question is - What are the "../"'s?

[patc]

the two dots indicates one level 'shallower' than the movie clip it is being called from.

In your case, 'n' is a variable that resides in a movieclip 'shallower' than itself.

e.g.

Main timeline > Movieclip 1 > Movieclip 2

In Movieclip 1 you could have:

Set Variable: "n" = "10"

And in Movieclip 2 you have:

Go to and Stop ("../:n")


Which would make Movieclip 2 go to frame 10.

HTH

Pat

[Syko1096]

oh duh! I should have figured that...oh well...thanks for your help!