scripting within a movie clip

[cbowler]

hi!
i have created a movie clip, but wen it gets to the end of it i want it to move to the next frame on my main timeline, not in the movieclip. i have tred the following codes .

gotoAndStop("scene 1",2)
and
_root.gotoAndStop(2)

both don't work.

can anyone help me out please.

cheers
Chris

[quincewyss]

do you want the timeline to mive in a diffent scene?

if the movie clip is in the same scence use _parent.gotoAnd... you may need more than 1 _parent depending on how deep the movie clip is.

[gabster1000]

Have you tried naming the the frame you want to go to in the main timeline, say call it 'start', and then use

_root.gotoAndPlay('start')

at the relevant point in your movie ?

[quincewyss]

using _root creates bad habits that won't work well in more advanced flash systems. It works better with _parent