ActionScript in Main Timeline

On the first frame of the main timeline I have the following
script, but it does not work. Can anyone tell me why? The fla file
is at
http://www.rickcornett.com/drop.down.fla
stop();
who_btn.onRelease = function () {
_root.gotoAndStop("advertising");
The who_btn is nested within the "drop" movie clip ---->
"bar" movie clip.
I've accomplished this already by just attaching a script to
the who_btn, just trying to figure out how I could've made it work
with the code on the main timeline. Any and all help is much
appreciated! Thanks.
Text

The target path to the button is wrong. Select the 'overview'
mc on the stage (your layer 'Layer 1' should be selected now) and
check the Property Inspector. You didn't assign an instance name.
Give it an instance name 'overview_mc' and use the following
script:
overview_mc.drop.who_btn.onRelease = function () {
_root.gotoAndStop("advertising");
}

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consider me ignorant. I do have plenty of application development
experience in other areas though.
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public function startGame(evt:MouseEvent):void
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But.. you said no code on our timeline!! Liar!
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Frame 1: stop();
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My problem first appeared very simple, but I have spent a
while on it and can't think how to solve it. I must say that I am
very much an amateur in designing in Flash and ActionScript.
I created a movie clip containing an embedded video and a
sound clip. In the main timeline I inserted the movie clip into a
keyframe. When I found the movie clip didn't play, I discovered
that the only way of making it play was to place a Stop action in
the keyframe of the movie clip, and also set the whole movie to
loop. The Stop action stopped the whole movie from looping, but
instead made the movie clip loop. If the keyframe is on frame 456,
how do I make it advance onto frame 457 once the movie clip has
finished running?
I've tried various ways around the problem, including placing
a button inside the movie clip to Go to and Play frame 457, but
instead it plays frame 457 in the movie clip.
Can anyone help me with this please?

Hello,
You need to tell flash the "target" you want to play. If not
specified
it will think it is the target you are calling from which in
your case
is the movie clip.
So to go back and play one level up would be:
_parent.gotoAndPlay(457);
If the movie clip was inside another movie clip then it would
be:
_parent._parent.gotoAndPlay(457);
or you can just referent the root of the movie directly:
_root.gotoAndPlay(457);
Search the help file for timeline target and you should find
more about it.
Incubusguy wrote:
> My problem first appeared very simple, but I have spent
a while on it and can't
> think how to solve it. I must say that I am very much an
amateur in designing
> in Flash and ActionScript.
>
> I created a movie clip containing an embedded video and
a sound clip. In the
> main timeline I inserted the movie clip into a keyframe.
When I found the movie
> clip didn't play, I discovered that the only way of
making it play was to place
> a Stop action in the keyframe of the movie clip, and
also set the whole movie
> to loop. The Stop action stopped the whole movie from
looping, but instead made
> the movie clip loop. If the keyframe is on frame 456,
how do I make it advance
> onto frame 457 once the movie clip has finished running?
>
> I've tried various ways around the problem, including
placing a button inside
> the movie clip to Go to and Play frame 457, but instead
it plays frame 457 in
> the movie clip.
>
> Can anyone help me with this please?
>
>

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I have to run but here's another approach that you can take:
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ts

Use button on mc to perfrom function on main timeline

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Hi,
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looking for the myClip_mc. If it is held within another mc (say
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button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickHandler);
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Hope this helps
Alan

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Hello,
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(code)
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, ef);
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at test13_fla::a1_1/ef()
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Throughout the timeline the instances are in a motiontween followed by a blank keyframe.
To remove the event listener when it does dissappear I could do a addEventListener(Event.Removed, removeEventListenerFn);.... but I need a way to keep it.
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(code)
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function ef(evt:Event):void
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