[F8] Button _root. question

[Dijhili]

I have the mcl actions on the main scene frame 01, however my button is located within several movies. Can you please tell me what is wrong with this part of the script. When I press the button, nothing happens.

thanks

navClip.mc_navbar_01.btn_about_me.onRelease = function() {
_root.loader._visible = true;
mcl.loadClip("new_movie.swf",holder);
}


As you can see, the button is located within other mc.

[theTick]

_root.mcl.loadClip("new_movie.swf", _root.holder);
????

[Dijhili]

ops, yea my bad..hehehe

[Dijhili]

the button (btn_about_me) is actually located on frame 5 and not the first frame. Could this be the problem ? The scrip is looking for it on frame 1 ?

[Dijhili]

when I move the button to the first frame it works fine. So obviously the issue is that the script is not looking at frame 5 for the mc (btn_about_me). So how can I change this line of code to find it on the 5th frame ?

navClip.mc_navbar_01.btn_about_me.onRelease = function() {

Thanks again

[Dricciotti]

Put the code in the same frame as the button's parent clip or have your clip in the first frame (even if its hidden)

[Dijhili]

Is there another way ? I really need it to be where it is. The button is animated with a few other navigation bars.... I just need to get it to look on the 5 frame. If I change it to be on the first frame it would be lots of redo'ing.

But if there is no other way

[Dricciotti]

Put the code on the 5th frame then. Code cant be assigned to something that doesnt exist yet.