Animation on One Frame? in Flash CS4(AS3)

I have wondered if I can have an animation play on just the first Frame using ActionScript 3.0??
Can I call a certain frame inside an animated movie clip, with ActionScript3.0?
~ Thanks for help and advice or tips.~

Sure just use the instance name of the movieClip that you want to address. Something like this:
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,button1Up);
function button1Up(event:MouseEvent):void {
movieClipName.gotoAndPlay(3);
// or something else...
substitute the actual clip name for "movieClipName" in the function above.

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If your interested... here's some general "rules of the road" that are basically courtesies...
Don't post the same question in different forums (crossposting). Folks that help don't like that because they can waste their time providing the same response someone else already offered elsewhere, or their helpful info gets no attention because the OP (original poster) got wrapped up in the discussion elsewhere and never went back to the other forums. I saw one time where the OP suffered from doing this... the first person to respond in one forum said what they wanted couldn't be done, while my response in another forum showed them how to do it... but they accepted that it couldn't be done and never returned.
Don't post in someone else's posting unless the exact same situation applies to you and it is a current posting. It is a bit rude to step into someone else's posting just to get attention, which some people do... some with totally unrelated problems. Or if your problem is even slightly different, it can end up confusing matters for all involved... trying to juggle helping two people where different solutions are needed.
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~ Thanks for Help and Advice~

I apologize, for this confusing long question, I simply ment to ask:
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~Thank you for any Tips, Advice and Help~

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astro.whwiii.net

thanks for all the replies
got it
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astro.whwiii.net

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I tried something interesting recently. I had code effecting an object with the instance name : object_mc.
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~ Thanks for any thoughts, advice or facts. ~

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kglad wrote:
that for-loop (if it executes), defines listeners for interactive objects. that will complete long before any object is clicked.
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I have spend my whole day trying to find a good way to access ID3 tags in AS3.0; but didn't find anything helpful.
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I know I took it out because it didn't work. I had something like this:
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When I run this it outputs the trace command 1 time and nothing more. Only the trace(trace(id3.artist + ' - ' + id3.songName);) gets triggered once.
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