skip frame 1 after mc's timeline loops

[llyfre]

Hello, I have an mc with 72 frames and a stop action on frame 1 so that it doesn't animate until another mc is clicked. The problem I'm having is that once the animation is initiated, it gets stuck when it returns to frame 1 because of the stop action that is there. I tried to put an action to skip frame 1 after frame 72 is reached, however I'm striking out. Here's what I've got:

trashInside_mc.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, skipFrame1);

function skipFrame1(e:Event):void{
trace("trash can wiggle");     
	trashInside_mc.gotoAndPlay(2);

My trace works, however trashInside_mc doesn't move beyond frame 1 after the first time through.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance

[llyfre]

as an update, if instead of using:
trashInside_mc.goToAndPlay(2);
I use
this.nextFrame();
the animation repeats a second time, but then it stops.
I tried using a frame label instead of going to frame 2 and it responds just like the goToAndPlay(2);

[AS3.0]

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[fruitbeard]

Hi

You probably need to declare some sort of variable for the movieclip to compare against

try doing something like this in the main timeline

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

var clicked:Boolean = false;

startClipButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startClip);// this is other clip to be clicked

function startClip(e:MouseEvent):void
{
    clicked = !clicked;
    trace(clicked);
    trashInside_mc.play();
} 

and inside the trashInside_mc movieclip

//if (parent["clicked"] === false)
if (MovieClip(parent).clicked === false)
{
    stop();
}
else
{
    nextFrame();
} 

you can put all code on the main timeline really, but best get your thing working first, just mess around with it x

[llyfre]

Thanks Fruitbeard, though I wasn't able to successfully use a variable to compare against. I got it working but it wouldn't loop endlessly, rather it still got stuck on frame 1. For anyone looking for a simple solution, what I ended up doing is far less elegant though it works:

I created two frames inside of "trash_mc" so that instead of having the animation on "trash_mc"'s timeline, I could have it only on frame 2 inside of an mc called "trashInside_mc". This way with a stop action on top, the 1st keyframe is just the bitmap of the trash and the 2nd keyframe plays the animation. Now I can code the "trash_mc" timeline to toggle back and forth between the static and animated trash.

The code on the main timeline to trigger it is simply:

trashTrigger_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, wastebasketMover);

function wastebasketMover(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trash_mc.nextFrame();
}

And then inside of "trash_mc" is a simple event listener on frame 2 to stop the animation:

trashInside_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, backToStart);

function backToStart(event:Event):void
{
	gotoAndPlay(1);
}