Controlling the swf timeline (swf is in captivate)

i am making a swf (in Flash) that I want to be sequencial. in other words i have a (for example) expanding and shrinking sphere in frame one. then in frame two i have an arrow that will point at the sphere. then in frame three I have a 'hi' blinking. I want it to go 'play frame one' then have some audio over top, then when it plays the next audio i want it to go to frame two. when that audio is over i want it to go to frame three and play more audio.
how do i do this?
do I control the frames via captivate, or do i control the captivate via the swf?

I would think that you could create individual swf's and bring each one into your timeline. I did not see that the student was interacting at all, so you could tie audio to the objects (object audio) as they are introduced to the stage.
My first thought.

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does anyone know how to controll the root timeline from an
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I have loaded a movie clip, which has buttons on it that I
would like to controll the main original website timeline with.
something like this.parent.parent?
thanks a lot
harky

feedmeapples <[email protected]> wrote:
> does anyone know how to controll the root timeline from
an externally
> loaded movie clip?
>
> I have loaded a movie clip, which has buttons on it that
I would like
> to controll the main original website timeline with.
>
> something like this.parent.parent?
_root.doStuff;
Freundliche Grüße,
Franz Marksteiner

Toolkit for CreateJS: How to control the main timeline from outside the canvas.

Hey Everyone,
I'm currently trying to do something simple, but my animation breaks whenever I attempt to change my code. I have created a basic animation in Flash where an object moves from the left side of the canvas, to the right, and then loops from the last frame to the first frame. Nothing else. The animation is simply put on the main timeline. I exported the animation with Toolkit for CreateJS through Flash's extension and the animation runs as it should. I am trying to start and stop (restarting from the first frame) the animation with mouse over and mouse off events. I want the events to fire when moused over/off a div OUTSIDE the animation's canvas tag. Is this possible with CreateJS? I'm trying to figure out how to control the main timeline without being inside the canvas tag.
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Hi DjPhantasy5,
All movieclips on the stage are children of the stage,
So on the "mouseover" all movieclips on the stage could be stopped with stop and on the "mouseout" all children could be restarted with gotoAndPlay like this:
function Stop()
          if (stage && stage.children)
                    var i, l = stage.children.length;
                    for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
                              var child = stage.children[i];
                              if ("stop" in child)
                                        child.stop();
function Restart()
          if (stage && stage.children)
                    var i, l = stage.children.length;
                    for (i = 0; i < l; i++)
                              var child = stage.children[i];
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                                        child.gotoAndPlay(0);
See http://www.liauw.nl/forums/adobe/djfantasy5/index.html
But it is also possible to expose "ball1", for example, by adding it to the document.
This can be done by adding code to "ball1" like so:
/* js
document.ball1 = this;
Then the stopping of the animation would look like:
function Stop()
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etc.
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How to control the main timeline from within a symbol?

I have a small world map as a symbol called "verden" and I want the user to click Europe, Asia, or Africa and jump to named labels in the main timeline.
http://www.dagbladet.no/grafikk/neshorn/neshorn.html
On the main timeline a have the label "intro" with a Stop action and the label "europa". At label "europa" I have a symbol also called "europa" which has a display of None at label "intro" and On at the label "europa".
The animation never goes to label "europa"
I have this code on europa in the symbol "verden" :
// insert code for mouse click here
sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("europa").play("europa");
The files are on Dropbox here
Update, now it works:
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Hi Bill,
There are plenty of threads on here about scope, but here's one way to create a global variable:
// code on Stage.compositionReady
sym.myGlobalVar = 1;
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sym.getComposition().getStage().myGlobalVar = 2;
And here's one way to create a global function:
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Controlling the root timeline from inside a MovieClip

[preface] I'll apologize in advance. I'm a designer, not a
developer. I know very little about actionscript so if you
can help me out, please pretend like I know nothing.
[/ preface]
I just need actionscript to check the value of a variable
when the end of a movie clip is reached and then call an action.
Here's what I've got and it doesn't work. Please don't laugh.
if (p == 1){
tellTarget (_root) {
play();
else if (p == 0){
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(the "stop" on the "else if"
is referring to the movie clip's timeline, not the root
timeline... in case you're wondering)
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No it's not a school project. Good guess though. It's
actually a self-promo piece for the ad agency I work for. I'm an
art director expanding my horizons. I would take a class or run
through one of the good actionscript books but unfortunately, I
don't have time.
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I have a website
http://www.charlesmarsden-smedley.com/index1.html
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and the text appears in the target. The way I thought is best is to
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clip?
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maybe you didnt understand correctly.
the 'more information' link loads an external movie clip (the
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I have a Loader that loads external SWF. The external SWF has sound.
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their SWF is loaded into another SWF. There's a Tech Note and easy
workaround here:
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How do I control the location of an external swf?

Hey again,
Sorry this probably seems rudimentary, but how do I control
the location of a swf I load into my main movie? I'm trying to load
in a slideshow and am having a hard time getting it where I want it
to be. Thank you so much in advance. Again sorry for the ignorant
posts.
Dave

tyrione wrote:
> Hey again,
>
> Sorry this probably seems rudimentary, but how do I
control the location of a
> swf I load into my main movie? I'm trying to load in a
slideshow and am having
> a hard time getting it where I want it to be. Thank you
so much in advance.
> Again sorry for the ignorant posts.
>
> Dave
>
the only way to control it is to define the right path to
your loaded files.
There really isn't any other way. If the file is in a folder,
it has to be in
your path folder/name.swf
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
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