button in a movie clip........

[sweetdude_uk]

ive placed a button into a movie clip..and tried to put this action to the button.......on release go to and play scene2

but.........................

i wont let me select a scene

why why why why

whay can i do?????????

[rich]

If you do wish to use scenes then you should use labels then goto the label in another scene. No need to specify the scene just make sure the label names are unique.

By the way I would suggest not using scenes.

Scenes are more problematic than they are worth and are really a backwards compatibility feature in these days of action script. When you publish a flash movie all the scenes are concatenated to the main timeline anyway.

It's better to use the main timeline and movie clips to control things via Tell Target. It gives much better control over your movies.

Let me know if you need more,

Rich.

[GreatGooglyWoogly]

Agree with Rich there...Scenes are still useful, but only in very limited situations...like preloaders.

Also, remember, when you are inside a movie clip, you are off of the main timeline, so to address any commands to the main timeline, you need to use Tell Target and then a GoTo command that targets a specific label.