Navigating from One Movie Clip to another - please help !!

[jeswin12]

I have a button inside a movie clip, when i click on the button, it should go to and play a certain number of frame in another movie clip, please let me know how to do this.

Both movie clips are in the same scene.

Thanks.

[IMS]

depending how you are coding your buttons there are 2 ways to do this:

if the code is on the button:
on(press){
_root.myMovie_mc.gotoAndPlay(5);
}

if you are coding on the main timeline:
your buttons instance name would be:
myButton
the code:
myButton.onRelease = function(){
myMovie_mc.gotoAndPlay(5);
}
does this answer your question

IMS

[jeswin12]

On the first one should i replace myMovie_mc with the movie clip name?

[jeswin12]

my code is on the button.

How do i set the name of the movie clip to myMovie_mc ?!

Forgot to add a thing. I need an action on press and another action onrollover on the button. my current code on the button looks like this -

on (press) {
_root.Symbol7.gotoAndPlay(186); // Symbol7 is the name of the movie clip
}
on (rollOver) {
_root.Symbol9.gotoAndPlay(21); //Symbol9 is the name of the movie clip
}

the above code does not work

[IMS]

myMovie_mc is just an example, you can name your clips whatever you want.
did you give the movie clips the instance names Symbol7 and symbol9?

are the buttons and movie clips on the main timeline, or inside different movie clips?

If you can, post your file.


IMS

[jeswin12]

how do i give the instance names to a movie clip?

the buttons and movie clips are inside different movie clips.

Thanks for the help so far IMS

[jeswin12]

You can get the file from

http://rapidshare.com/files/25463514/sample.fla.html

You can see the buttons inside the movie clip - menu_sprite43

on press should be targeted to Symbol7

on rollout should be targeted to Symbol9

Thanks mate

[IMS]

I can't seem to download.
to give a movie clip an instance name. you click on the movie clip and then look at your properties panel. there will be a textbox on the left under the movieclip dropdown. you name your clip there. it can be whatever you want. that is the name your code will refer to.

when you right the code on your button, you need to know the path to the movie clip.

so if I had a button on the main timeline and wanted to call movieClip_B which is in movieClip_A on the main timeline, i would write my code like this:

on(press){
_root.movieClip_A.movieClip_B.gotoAndPlay(7);
}

you can post your file here. in the submitt section, click the "go advanced" button. you can then upload your file



IMS

[jeswin12]

sorry about the link. you can download it from

http://www.roadsidesystems.com/images/sample.zip

Buttons are in menu_sprite 43. I tried linking menu 01.

[IMS]

not sure if you uploaded the right file. there is no code in the file and it doesn't really make sense with what you said you wanted to do.

on (press) {
_root.Symbol7.gotoAndPlay(186); // Symbol7 is the name of the movie clip
}
on (rollOver) {
_root.Symbol9.gotoAndPlay(21); //Symbol9 is the name of the movie clip
}

symbol 7 which appears to be the clip on the main timeline does not have 186 frames in it. symbol 9 which appears to be the button movie, has only one fram so it can't possibly go to frame 21

I can only assume that what you are trying to do is:
1. on rollover of the button??
2. on press have the black square turn red.



IMS

[IMS]

here is a little simple file to get you started.
I am guessing you have flash 8.

enjoy

IMS

[jeswin12]

Thanks a million IMS, got my first part working.

My second part would be - if i rollout of the orange box (move my mouse out of the box - myButton_btn) it should go and play a frame from another movie clip !! how do i do this?

Thanks again.

[IMS]

see attached.

IMS

[jeswin12]

Thanks, Thanks and More Thanks

[IMS]

no problem.
now if movieclip2 was inside movieclip1 you would put your code like this:

code:

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myMovie1_mc.myMovie2_mc.gotoandPlay(2);

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have fun

IMS

[jeswin12]

you are a genius