addressing a timeline label inside a mc inside a mc

[phantomlady]

? how would you write:

if(c=1){
gotoAndPlay.home.trans "contact";
}

... .home is a mc that contains .trans mc and "contact" is a label in the .trans mc timeline.

I get the
contactbtn.on(press) {
gotoAndPlay ("next"); // address label within the current mc
}
but am unclear how to do this correctly when the timeline label is within a movie clip inside another movie clip.

thanks for the clarification
Self taught... still learning actionscript flasher

[rberry88]

I'm pretty much a newbie at this but I'll give it a shot:

if (c=1){
_root.home.trans.gotoAndPlay("contact");
}

rberry88

[phantomlady]

code:

---

home.homebtn.on(press) {

	_root.home.gotoAndPlay("home");

}

---

same concept, homebtn in inside the home mc inside the root timeline..

output reflects this:

Symbol=home, Layer=actions, Frame=1: Line 1: Expected a field name after '.' operator.
home.homebtn.on(press) {

could use a hand here as well... thanks so much...
tryed:

code:

---

home.homebtn.onPress {

	_root.home.gotoAndPlay("home");

}

---

then I get the following output:

Symbol=home, Layer=actions, Frame=1: Line 1: ';' expected
home.homebtn.onPress {

where am I going wrong here?
Thanks again..

[jbum]

1)

In the first two examples, note that you need to use == (two equal signs) and not =.

if (c == 1)

2)

There are two ways to setup event handlers, depending on whether it's a frame script, or a script attached to a movieclip or a button. The syntax is different, and in the last couple of examples, the styles are mixed up.

From a frame script, you would do it like this:

code:

---

home.homebtn.onPress = function()

{

        _root.home.gotoAndPlay("home");

}

---

Or, if you attach the script directly to the button, you would use this:

code:

---

on(Press)

{

  gotoAndPlay("home");

}

---

If you use the first method in a script attached to a button, you'll get syntax errors, and vice versa.