can't seem to make button work in movie clip

[joebudda]

All right what have is a movie clip of some buttons within a scene of a swf .
The “main menu” is just some text I wanted to display (a movie clip within the movie clip) that works fine.
What I want to is go to a frame in another scene.
The problem is when I go to the actions for the button within the movie clip it wont even display the scenes to go to.


On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("main menu")
Go to and Play (2)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("main menu")
Go to and Stop (1)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Release)
Go to and Stop (contatcs, 80)
End On



but it just wont work



[This message has been edited by joebudda (edited 29 March 2000).]

[-PesT-]

that is because your button isn't on the main timeline....i had troubles with this....you have to link the button to the main timeline and then from their you can go to another scene....

in the button actions you need to have :-

On(Rollover)
Begin Tell Target ("_level0)
Got to and stop ("6")
end tell target
end on

Level0 = tells it to go to the main timeline

6 = the label of the frame it goes to on the main timeline

then you make a frame in the main timeline anywhere which is labeled 6 in this case and contains = Go to and Stop (Scene 5, 1) in the actions......5,1 being the scene and frame you want it to go to.......

the only thing to remember is to make sure that if you have a couple of button to do this to make sure the frames they link to are on different frames.....

happy flashing

mike



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[joebudda]

All right now I am getting out of the “movie clip” (half the battle I hope)

But the question I have now is in labeling the frame on the “go to” action.
So is it looking for a labeled frame (in the frame properties, where you can label the individual frame)
Or is it the actual frame number.

I am sure it goes to the frame number
But I might be wrong

All I know is the button within the “movie clip” now jumps around the middle of the scene
I put in the “go to” action for the button within the “movie clip” frame #1090 (because that was the first frame that is not in the body of the main scene)
Is my scene too big maybe “that is what she said” (sorry couldn’t help myself)

I don’t think I am making any sense

On (Roll Over)
Begin Tell Target ("main menu")
Go to and Play (2)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Roll Out)
Begin Tell Target ("main menu")
Go to and Stop (1)
End Tell Target
End On
On (Release)
Begin Tell Target ("_level0")
Go to and Stop (1090)
End Tell Target
End On

I have got a frame labeled “1090” in a frame 1090 on the timeline
But for some reason I am not getting to that frame

[joebudda]

first off i would like to thank you Mike

i just got it working now
this is how

On (Release)
Begin Tell Target ("_level0")
Go to and Play (scene 2, 80)
End Tell Target
End On

thanks again Mike
you where a great help

joe

[-PesT-]

No problem at all mate.....

The only thing you have to remember with my guidelines is that i make sure i give a step by step, tutorial if you like, and if you follow that exactly while taking in what you are actually doing it all works out fine

see ya around

take it easy

Mike