Frame number controlled by location

Question

I have a movie that I want to play the frame number based on
the y location of an object gotoAndStop(slider._y);
the y direction can move the same number as there are frames
of the movie. it is a movie on a frame that I am trying to control,
so I was thinking it would have to look like:
_root.movies.gotoAndPlay(slider._y);
I want it to move the frame number when the object moves, so
not on(release)
any help would be great

Answer 1

When you say you have a movie, I take it you mean movie clip.
In the movie clip:
Make a layer for actionscript that extends throughout the
whole movie clip.
in actionscript type
stop();
on the stage:
you want to put an instance of the movie clip you created
onto the stage & give it an instance name
create a movie clip for your slider object.
//you get to figure out the listener objects & how to do
that
when the slider object is moved, call
[ your movie ].gotoAndStop(frame:Object)