loading clips and targeting specific frames all in one action

[flashjan]

Hi anyone,

Id like to load a clip and target a frame in that clip all in one go…but I don’t know the code…its telling me to use GET or POST…instead of GotoAndPlay?

This is what I got, and its very wrong

on(release){
loadMovie("showroom.swf", _root.holder, gotoAndPlay("guys"));
}


cheers,

Jan

[nyls]

no that's not the way ..

You have to split the actions.. POST and GET is the method on how the variables are send .. has nothing todo with an movieclip so :

on(release){ 
  loadMovie("showroom.swf", _root.holder);
  _root.holder.gotoAndPlay("guys"); 
}

But I've you're movie is large, frame "guys" may not be loaded yet when you say:gotoAndPlay.. so A preloader would be needed .. >> search the forum or movies section for preloader .. for preloaders

gr. Nyls

[flashjan]

Originally posted by nyls
no that's not the way ..

You have to split the actions.. POST and GET is the method on how the variables are send .. has nothing todo with an movieclip so :

on(release){ 
  loadMovie("showroom.swf", _root.holder);
  _root.holder.gotoAndPlay("guys"); 
}

But I've you're movie is large, frame "guys" may not be loaded yet when you say:gotoAndPlay.. so A preloader would be needed .. >> search the forum or movies section for preloader .. for preloaders

gr. Nyls

Right on Nyls,

I just figured it out too. Works fine now. Thanks for your time man. You dutch or something?

[nyls]

yeps .. how did you know ??

[flashjan]

Originally posted by nyls
yeps .. how did you know ??

yer name is very dutch jodverdommen

thanks loads#

[nyls]

you're very welcome .. l8er

[flashjan]

now its a bit more comlicated ...it was necessary to do this but now the script is wrong again...even though I added the correct instancenames...is there a problem with a target inside a target?

on (release) {
loadMovie("showroom.swf", _root.holder);
_root.holder.squeege.gotoAndPlay("guys2");
}

whereas "squeege" is a clip on the root layer of showroom.swf, and "guys2" is a frame inside squeege.
I wanna get to squeege, and by all accounts of what is holy and righteous I should be getting there. But Flash just doesnt think so.


sorry to have to dig up what we thought was buried.

cheers

Jan

[nyls]

OK.. when I read you're code it should work , this is nothing extraordinary .. check if youre instance "guys2" is properly named ..
or

>>Maybe try making another button >> with this code :_root.holder.squeege.gotoAndPlay("guys2");

then you click the first , wait till it's loaded >> and then press the second .. (maybe it's a loading issue )

if it's a loading issue:

When you test this on you're PC locally it's gonna work perfect .. but for sure when you test it over the internet .. It's gonna fail .. because it takes time to load in the showroom.swf >> and you can't jump to something wich is not loaded yet .. so I would definitly use an preloader like the one here

function loadAMovie(src){
	createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
	container.loadMovie(src); 
	init = false;

	onEnterFrame = function(){
		loadedBytes = container.getBytesLoaded();
	
		if (loadedBytes>0) {
			if (!this.init) {
				totalBytes = container.getBytesTotal()
				init=true
			}
			percentage=Math.floor(loadedBytes/totalBytes*100);
			trace(percentage)
 			if(percentage==100) {
				onEnterFrame = null;
				finished()
			}
		} 
  		else {
			this.percentage=0
		}
 	}
}
finished = function(){ // do what is needed}
loadAMovie()

OK .. succes, Nyls

[flashjan]

cheers mate

but I shouldve said this isnt for an online thing, its simply the presentation for the customer, so itll be off a laptop. I tried changing the framename to "flab" but no dice. Either way it works enough to be understandible. Cheers


Jan

[nyls]

Either way it works enough to be understandible. Cheers

so does it work or not ??