Jump to a new frame when clicked

Firstly hello, I'm Kieran from Ireland and spanking new to flash.

Secondly my query: (refer to attached)

I have an MC of an animated red arrow. I want to jump to a new frame (which is labelled a "b") when clicked. Alas nothing happens.

The MC uses the following actionscript for a reverse roll-off effect:

stop();

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
prevFrame();
}
}

this.onRollOver = function(){
rewind = false;
play();
}

this.onRollOut = function(){
rewind = true;
}

The above is placed on layer by itself in the MC, This part is the problem I think:

this.onRelease = function(){
gotoAndPlay("b");
;

Any takers?

Attached Files

Perrie.zip (22.6 KB, 8 views)

Moved to Flash and Multimedia Forum.

Thanks for the redirect supermoderator.

...for such a large amount of members logged in I thought I'd get a response expediently enough. I see more queries than solutions.

At first glance it looks like you want the embedded movieclip to play "b" on the main timeline. To access the main timeline you need to add "_root." to your gotoAndPlay Statement...like this:

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this.onRelease = function(){ 
_root.gotoAndPlay("b");
}

P.S. Where are you seeing more questions than anwers? I try and get to all of the flash questions that I have the answers to. :-) Keep i mine its 10am here in the states and I am at work.

Cheers,

Scott

Sorry about the haste but its 6:45 over here and Ive already spent a ridiculous amount of time on this.

Heres what happened pending your instructions:

*Error** Symbol=n_mc, layer=Layer 4, frame=1:Line 18: Statement block must be terminated by '}'
this.onRelease = function(){
**Error** Symbol=n_mc, layer=Layer 4, frame=1:Line 22: Operator '=' must be followed by an operand
Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

Sorry I am sick right now and all medicated.

Here is what you need to do, I just copy/pasted you code and didn't pay enough attention...

Make it look like this:

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this.onRelease = function(){ 
_root.gotoAndPlay("b");
} //changed the ; to a } that'll do it.

Oh my god; it it worked! I honestly dont believe it. I knew there was something simple I was overlooking. Surprised I didn't notice the typo but I definatley overlooked the _root.

I was on flashmove for considerable portion of the day being redirected to the wrong threads and given completley irrelevant answers. This site rocks and I hope to excel to the level of offering solutions as quickly as possible.

Great site and great community! (oh and get well soon )

Thanks!

Please, stick around, we love having new people to interact with. There is a lot to learn from just reading the previous posts in this forum along with a lot of the other forums so check them out!

Welcome to the community, we look forward to hearing from you more often!

Cheers,

Scott