how can i reset the movie

hullo --i have f5
can anyone please help me with my movie ??
i have looked everywhere trying to find the answer but to no avail
what i am trying to do is to reset it to go back to the beginning after i have clicked all the buttons

layer one has the mc which is a rotation

layer two has the buttons listed below on it
x
xscale
y
yscale
vis false
vis true
alpha
reset

these buttons all work -but not the reset button --is there a code or function that will reset the the mc so that i can repeat the functions buttons as often as i may like to ,

thankyou for any help Terry

hey terrance80, have you tried labelling your frames?

eg - frame 1=reset frame x=end

have your button scripted so it goes back to "reset"


on (release) {
gotoAndPlay ("reset");
}

try that

if you don´t want your movie to go back to start place a function in first frame of _root

Code:

---

function reset(){
  ball._x=0;
  ball._y=0;//or whatever you want to reset
}

---

when you want to reset you can call it using _root.reset();
k.

thankyou Chook and Kay Siegert for your help ---i still have a problem --i am very new to actionscript and am having difficulty

1. i dont understand how to label a frame and make the actionscript respond to that--here is what i have at the moment on the reset button

on (release) {

setProperty (_root.spike, _x, "350");
setProperty (_root.spike, _y, "350");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _xscale, "100");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _yscale, "35");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _alpha, "100");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _visible, "1");
tellTarget (_root.spike. _y) {
gotoAndStop ("reset");
}
tellTarget (_root.spike._x ) {
gotoAndStop ("reset");
}
}

response from generator when i press the reset button
Target not found: Target="350" Base="_level0"
Target not found: Target="350" Base="_level0"

i dont no what to do from here --lost --Terry

Quote:

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Target not found: Target="350" Base="_level0"

---

looks like you haven't named your instances, flash is looking for the mc named '350'.
When you drag that mc to the stage, in the instances pallettte, you'll see a field that says 'name', give that mc a name that corresponds to script, in your case - 350.

To label your frames, open your frame pallette, at the top of it there is field there that says 'label'.
Good practice is to keep your labels on a separate layer.

that´s your code:

on (release) {

setProperty (_root.spike, _x, "350");
setProperty (_root.spike, _y, "350");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _xscale, "100"); // don´t use quotation marks with numbers
setProperty ("_root.spike", _yscale, "35");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _alpha, "100");
setProperty ("_root.spike", _visible, "1");
tellTarget (_root.spike. _y) { // remove the "._y" - you can´t tell something to a coordinate ;)
gotoAndStop ("reset");
}
tellTarget (_root.spike._x ) { // pp.
gotoAndStop ("reset");
}
}

try to use f5 syntax:

on (release){
_root.spike._x = 350;
_root.spike._y = 350;
_root.spike._xscale = 100;
// ... and so on
_root.spike.gotoAndPlay("reset");
}
you have 2 tellTarget´s. what are you trying to do?
k.