Action Script Question: gotoAndPlay

[maksum]

Ok, I took about a year off of flash and actionscript to get my business going, and now I am ready to delve into it again. However, already I'm getting stuck on things that should be easy and straight-forward.

All I want to do is tell a movie clip to play from a certain frame. It's going to that frame, but not playing... just stopping. Here is the code I'm using:

_root.ball_animation.gotoAndPlay(2);

I've attached the little test .fla I'm working with.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm sure it's a simple thing.

Mike

[a_modified_dog]

the movieclip has not had time to fully instanciate
when your frame#1 code is called, so nothing happens
try this code on frame#1

this.onEnterFrame = function(){ // loop at FPS
if(_root.ball_animation._width > 0){ // >0 = instanciated
_root.ball_animation.gotoAndPlay(2);
this.onEnterFrame = null; // end loop
}
}

[maksum]

Perfecto. Thanks much.