gotoAndPlay from frame

[Soelle]

Isn't it possible to use the gotoAndPlay function from frameaction?

I've got a movieclip on the stage with a stop action i frame 1 and an animation from frame 2-10. When I write:

test_mc.gotoAndPlay(2)

in the frame action nothing happens. If I put the action on a button it works fine, but I need to call it from the frame.

[joran420]

if its in a frame of the movieclip it should just be
gotoAndPlay(2)

since its being called while in test_mc flash is reading it like you had
test_mc.test_mc.gotoAndPlay(2)
since flash basically interperets your code as
this.test_mc.gotoAndPlay(2), and this = _root.test_mc

[Soelle]

But the actionscript is on a frame in the root. It's not in the test_mc movieclip. I have tried _root.test_mc.gotoAndPlay(2) but it doesn't work.

[Soelle]

It actually goes to the frame but it stops at the frame it doesn't play.

[Jimbrowski]

May sound obvious, but is test_mc the name of the MovieClip ?? or is it the MovieClips instance name ??

Jimmy

[Soelle]

it's the instance name. As I wrote it works if I but the action on a button but not when I but in the frame. It goes to frame 2 but it doesn't play.