How to structure several scenes (in symbols) on the main stage timeline

Hi,
I'm new to edge animate but have a Flash background and I'm working in Edge Animate on a game which is structured in several scenes. Each scene I did put in a symbol. Now I wonder how to build the main timeline or the "story - controller" so to speak. I have all the scenes but I do not know how to connect them.
In Flash it was possible to add keyframes of scenes one after another (like stairs) and jump forward or backward if needed to load the movie clips. In Edge Animate all scenes (or symbols) are in place from the beginning of the timeline and I cannot move the symbol to a later keyframe. Of course I can move animations in the timeline. The only way I think is to hide the symbols first and make them visible if needed. But this does not seem to be the right way and I don't understand the concept of structuring complex animations yet.
I would like to know how to structure several scenes in Edge Animate properly. Something like a scene loader or unloader would be useful. Highly appriciate any hints to a solution.
Thank you,
JP

resdesign wrote:
You can also use edgecommons to load edge composition into another edge composition.
Thank you to your tipp so I try to organize my scenes into compositions. I can successfully load a composition (scene2) into the main container :
EC.loadComposition("scene2.html", sym.getSymbol("mainContainer"));
Now I'm facing another situation. At the end of the loaded composition scene2 is a "Next Scene" button suppose to load scene3.html composition into the main container. "Next Scene" is a nested button inside the loaded composition screen2 symbol. How do I load the next compostion from the current one? This code for On Click of course does not work:
EC.loadComposition("scene3.html", sym.getSymbol("mainContainer"));
I think the refer to the mainContainer is wrong. Is it just a targeting issue or is it the wrong approach in general?

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resdesign wrote:
You can also use edgecommons to load edge composition into another edge composition.
Thank you to your tipp so I try to organize my scenes into compositions. I can successfully load a composition (scene2) into the main container :
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Now I'm facing another situation. At the end of the loaded composition scene2 is a "Next Scene" button suppose to load scene3.html composition into the main container. "Next Scene" is a nested button inside the loaded composition screen2 symbol. How do I load the next compostion from the current one? This code for On Click of course does not work:
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Would love some help on accessing a nested symbol from the main stage please.
To set the scene.....
"Its an autumn day..
no sorry...just joking...
So i have a symbol called "NormalAnatomy" - its not on the main stage, but when a button is clicked it appears in the 'content' box which is just a rectangle on the main stage.
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So as soon as I took this symbol off the main stage, the scrubber doesn't work. So I click a btn, and the symbol appears in the content box but the scrubber doesn't work.
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ifelse_Statement
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For previous threads:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/864057
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/863566
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/864262
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/863597
Bug ID #2940816
I have an app that wasn't compiling correctly. I sent the bug to Adobe who responded with a workaround. However, I can't figure out how to make their stated workaround work in my code.
I have puzzle pieces on the stage. Each is assigned to a separate class. Inside the class I have touch events defining multiple touch events for each piece.
I have another spot on the stage where, when it is touched, a puzzle piece appears. These are also each linked to a separate class. Inside this class I also have touch events defining multiple touch events for each piece.
Though it works fine on my computer, it wasn't working on an iPad. Adobe said that I needed to switch the touch events so that they were assigned to the main stage instead of to each individual object.
However, the code they gave me didn't really make sense in context and I'm confused how to implement it.
This is the code in the class for each piece that is created when you touch the stage:
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This is the code in the class for each piece that's already on the stage:
        public function GeoPuzzle(): void {
            if (this.isLocked == true) {
                this.gotoAndStop ("Lock");
            if (PuzzleGlobals.pieceActive == true) {
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        public function geoPuzzleBegin (e:TouchEvent): void {
            e.target.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END, geoPuzzleEnd);
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            MovieClip(this.parent).nameDisplay.gotoAndStop(e.target.abbrev);
        public function geoPuzzleEnd (e:TouchEvent): void {
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                e.target.gotoAndStop("Off");
            else if (e.target.isLocked == true) {
                e.target.gotoAndStop("Lock");
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this.stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_BEGIN, onTouchEvent);
this.stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_MOVE, onTouchEvent);
this.stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END, onTouchEvent);
var beginCount:uint=0;
var moveCount:uint=0;
var endCount:uint=0;
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          case TouchEvent.TOUCH_BEGIN:
                         trace("BEGIN")
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                         square.x = event.stageX;
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                         break;
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This doesn't make any sense to me because it seems that it would only work if touching the stage had to react in just a single way. I have multiple pieces that need to each react differently.
1. The pieces that are locked to the stage need to highlight when touched and display their name.
2. These pieces also need to keep themselves highlighted and their names displayed when the touch is dragged off of them instead of just removed.
3. Each piece needs to be created when touching the Puzzle Piece button the stage. As these pieces are dragged, they need to highlight the pieces underneath them and unhighlight them when they are dragged off. They also need to display their own names, and lock into place when they are dragged over the correct piece.
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1. Why don't touch events work in the compiler?
2. How can I translate my current working code's touch events to all be directly linked to the stage instead of their objects?
Thanks so much!
Amber

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I found the problem! After 3 months I finally figured out what was wrong and why my app was working in Device Central when exported as Flash 10.1 and not on my iPad when exported as AIR for iOS.
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/863566
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/864262
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            else if (PuzzleGlobals.currentLevel == "Abbrev") {
                this.gotoAndStop("abbrev");
            else if (PuzzleGlobals.currentLevel == "Shape") {
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        public function geoPieceBegin (e:TouchEvent): void {
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            PuzzleGlobals.currentPiece = e.target.abbrev;
        public function geoPieceEnd (e:TouchEvent): void {
            PuzzleGlobals.pieceActive = false;
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                currentObjOver.gotoAndStop ("Lock");
            else {
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            if (this.dropTarget.parent is GeoPuzzle) {
                if (GeoPuzzle(this.dropTarget.parent).abbrev == e.target.abbrev) {
                    PuzzleGlobals.statesCompletedUSA++;
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                    GeoPuzzle(this.dropTarget.parent).gotoAndStop("Lock");
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                else {
                    //play BOOP sound indicated wrong drop;
            if (PuzzleGlobals.statesCompletedUSA == PuzzleGlobals.TOTAL_NUMBER_USA) {
                //play fireworks game
            else {
                //do nothing
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        public function interactionBegin () {
             if (this.dropTarget != null && this.dropTarget.parent is GeoPuzzle) { //check to make sure it's over a puzzle piece
                currentObjOver = GeoPuzzle(this.dropTarget.parent);
                currentObjOver.gotoAndStop("Over");
            if (lastObjOver != currentObjOver) {
                if (lastObjOver.isLocked == true) {
                    lastObjOver.gotoAndStop("Lock");
                else {
                    lastObjOver.gotoAndStop("Out");
                lastObjOver = currentObjOver;
This is the code in the class for each piece that's already on the stage:
        public function GeoPuzzle(): void {
            if (this.isLocked == true) {
                this.gotoAndStop ("Lock");
            if (PuzzleGlobals.pieceActive == true) {
                this.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_BEGIN, geoPuzzleBegin);
        public function geoPuzzleBegin (e:TouchEvent): void {
            e.target.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END, geoPuzzleEnd);
            e.target.gotoAndStop("Over");
            MovieClip(this.parent).nameDisplay.gotoAndStop(e.target.abbrev);
        public function geoPuzzleEnd (e:TouchEvent): void {
            if (e.target.isLocked == false) {
                e.target.gotoAndStop("Off");
            else if (e.target.isLocked == true) {
                e.target.gotoAndStop("Lock");
            MovieClip(this.parent).nameDisplay.gotoAndStop(PuzzleGlobals.chosenPu zzle);
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this.stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_MOVE, onTouchEvent);
this.stage.addEventListener(TouchEvent.TOUCH_END, onTouchEvent);
var beginCount:uint=0;
var moveCount:uint=0;
var endCount:uint=0;
function onTouchEvent(event:TouchEvent):void{
     switch (event.type){
          case TouchEvent.TOUCH_BEGIN:
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; trace("BEGIN")
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; beginCount++;
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; square.x = event.stageX;
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; square.y = event.stageY;
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; square.startTouchDrag(event.touchPointID, false);
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; break;
          case TouchEvent.TOUCH_MOVE:
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; trace("MOVE")
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; moveCount++;
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; break;
          case TouchEvent.TOUCH_END:
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; trace("END")
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; endCount++;
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; square.stopTouchDrag(event.touchPointID);
           &nbs p;           &n bsp; break;
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I haven't changed much. I've been playing around and I think I know where the problem is coming from now. I just can't figure out how to fix it.
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