Set Movie Clip for:Stop

[pushplay]

Sorry i have to ask so many questions but please excuse my ignorance. I feel like a Pre-Rookie!!!

- My first question is if i want my movie to stop at I have to set it to stop (for example at my home page) on the (2nd) Frame because when I wanted to stop it on the first frame I got a message that the (stop) function would probably be ignored! Is this correct!

- My second question is if I have say 5navigation buttons on my home page that goes to various pages of my site. Will i have to create an individual movie file for each button.

example buttons: HOme, contact, service, about, portfolio. will I need to make 5 different movie files for these different buttons of my site?

[blanius]

That is how I do it to keep the initial loading time to a minimum. Make your menu, Put an empty movie clip where you want them main content, and have the buttons load that movie with the individual swf files.

[Ultra Pulse]

1st: correct, the stop command on the first frame will most likely be ignored

2nd: NO you have to make 5 individual frames, that you should name by going into edit>list of key frame then select one and name it then unclick it,
Use this command for the button

on (release){
gotoAndStop ("home")
}

[blanius]

2nd: NO you have to make 5 individual frames, that you should name by going into edit>list of key frame then select one and name it then unclick it,
Use this command for the button

on (release){
gotoAndStop ("home")
}

You can but if you want to anything complex using loaded movies is a much better way to go.

1. Intial page loads faster
2. Easier to update single areas
3. bound to be a few more good reason just can't think of them now..

[pushplay]

Ok i got this to work using the code:

Code:
on (release){
gotoAndStop ("home")
}

But blanius I wasn't clear on the instructions you gave...

You can but if you want to anything complex using loaded movies is a much better way to go

Could explain this once more! Or give instructions on how to do this!

thanks guys for all your help!

[Ultra Pulse]

Well what he means is if you wanna do something more complex, and use the less amount of space, you have to load individual SWF files.

I never used that code so I wouldn't know about it.

[tmoore935]

here is a demo of what blanius is talking about. it is several swfs that form a web page.