Scrub Timeline with AS

[addamtron]

hello there,

does anyone know how to scrub a movie clips timeline with actionscript?

what i have is a movie that plays continuously and i need it to scrub to a specific frame when someone hits a button.

any help is much appriciated, thanks!

[silentweed]

suppose mcScrub is your button instance name then u can use:

mcScrub.onRelease = function() {
	scrubber(_root, 100, "forward");// scrub(movieclip, uptilFrame, scrubdirection)
	
};


function scrubber(movie:MovieClip, frameno:Number, scrub:String):Void {
	movie.stop();
	movie.onEnterFrame = function() {
		if (scrub == "reverse") {
			movie.prevFrame();
		} else if (scrub == "forward") {
			movie.nextFrame();
		}
		if (movie._currentframe == frameno) {
			delete movie.onEnterFrame;
		}
	};
}

[addamtron]

thanks for the help, i tried your code and must not be smart enough to get it working. i have attached a sample file of a moving mc and a button. can you please help me get this test working.

thanks alot!!!!!

[silentweed]

saved it out as flash player 6 and AS 1... your using flash 5? your settings were for flash player 5..

sorry flashkit is really slow and i cant upload the file..hopefully someone else can help u out..sorry i gotta run now...

[addamtron]

no im using flash 8, i just saved it as an older version so whoever needed to open it could if they had an older version.

thanks for the help!