Goto a specific frame on a scene

Hello everybody
I was wondering: I know that we can access a frame by its
name. For example: gotoAndPlay("Transition"). Can I have, in two
different scenes, two Transition frames and access them by
something like <gotoAndPlay("Scene1.Transition")> or an
another similar command or do they need to have a unique name?
Thanks
Rick

Yes you can move between scenes to specific frames but the
code for it depends on which version of actionscript you are using.
If you look at the gotoAndPlay Flash documentation for the version
of AS you are using, it will define what you need to use where, and
will likely provide examples.

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no - simply put, if the html page/SWF and frame isn't loaded
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Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
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LindnArden wrote:
> As may be self evident I am not an expert..... Is it
possible for a button (or
> series of buttons) on one page which, when clicked,
opens another html page
> with an embedded swf movie and then goes to a specific
frame in that movie ???
>
> If that makes sense
>

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It worked fine in IE10 and all previous versions of IE.
Please see screenshot attached with simple test that reproduces this problem.
Direct Link to screenshot:
http://173.231.98.44/cgi/TestFolder/IE_11_widow_frame_targeting_BUG.jpg
Direct link to simple test page demonstrating this problem:
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