How do I stop a movie clip from looping

I am using Action Script 3 and the 'stop()' function is not working to stop my movie clips from looping continuously.
I have added the 'stop()' function to the last frame on the timeline of each movie clip.
I originally built the .fla file in Flash CS6 using Action Script 2 where it was working with no problems (I have since upgraded and don't have access to CS6 anymore).
I have all the separate movie clips positioned on Frame 1 of my main stage with the following script to start them playing:
Cigarette_Reveal.play();
KickTheHabit.play();
BallMove.play();
BallFlip.play();
Offer.play();
I want each of these movie clips to stop playing after one animation sequence is complete.
Please help!

Turn on strict mode in your publish settings. This will allow you to see the compiler errors that are preventing the actionscript in your fla from compiling correctly.

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Hey - Unfortunately I'm going to be in meetings for most of
the day, so
it'll take me a while before I can go through this in any
detail. One thing
that struck me though is that your two functions (captionFN
and
hoverCaption) are in the main1_mc not on the main timeline.
Then the
buttons are calling _root.captionFN(); which refers to the
main timeline.
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"respondplease" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi Brock,
>
> Thanks again, your sample file really helps but I'm
still having problems.
> What it boils down to is that my buttons don't fully
function properly. It
> works correctly sometimes, but not consistently enough.
So if I fast
> forward
> too much or rewind and then FF, the buttons aren't
either isn't clickable
> or
> the hover text and caption box doesn't show up, etc.
This usually happens
> when
> I press FF too many times or too fast. But regardless of
how many times I
> press
> FF I would like my buttons to work
>
> Your sample file is very useful but unlike mine I have
perhaps too many
> MC's
> w/in MC's, etc. I will try to clarify my setup in hopes
of finding a
> (better)
> solution to my problems. My main timeline has my "prev",
"next", and
> "pause"
> buttons which also has the actionscript for my NEXT
BUTTON, PREV BUTTONS.
> And
> now I've added your SHOW BUTTONs function as well. I've
minorly modified
> your
> showButtons function adding a couple of more lines and
actually deleting
> the
> _root because I found that it doesn't work sometimes.
Anyhoo, here it my
> entire
> code in one frame on my main timeline:
>
> // ===== NEXT BUTTON ===== \\
> next.onPress = function() {
> _root.screen.showButtons();
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("controller_mc", 1);
> controller_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
> _root.screen.gotoAndPlay(_root.screen._currentframe+10);
> if
(_root.screen._currentframe+10>_root.screen._totalframes) {
> _root.screen.gotoAndStop(_root.screen._totalframes);
> }
> };
> };
> next.onRelease = function() {
> controller_mc.removeMovieClip();
> _root.screen.showButtons();
> };
> next.onReleaseOutside = function() {
> controller_mc.removeMovieClip();
> _root.screen.showButtons();
> };
>
> // ===== REWIND BUTTON ===== \\
> prev.onPress = function() {
> _root.createEmptyMovieClip("controller_mc", 1);
> controller_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
> _root.screen.gotoAndStop(_root.screen._currentframe-10);
> if (_root.screen._currentframe-10<1) {
> _root.gotoAndStop("screen");
> }
> };
> };
> prev.onRelease = function() {
> controller_mc.removeMovieClip();
> };
> prev.onReleaseOutside = function() {
> controller_mc.removeMovieClip();
> };
> // ===== SHOW BUTTONS ===== \\
> function showButtons() {
> for (i=1; i<=6; i++) {
> _root["b"+i]._visible = true;
> _root["char"+i].removeMovieClip();
> chars._visible = true;
> cap.desc._visible = true;
> cap._visible = true;
> }
> }
> Still from my main timeline, my main1_mc is called from
the frame labeled
> "screen." My main1_mc has the b1 - b6 buttons which has
the HOVER CAPTIONS
> and
> HIDE BUTTONS FUNCTION coding. And each button calls each
movie clip ie.
> char1_mc, char2_mc, etc. Here's all my code on one frame
(in my main1_mc):
> // ===== HOVER CAPTIONS =====
> b1.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "pick me!", this);
> //display the function (true) or to hide the function
(false)
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char1_mc", "char1",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:595,
> _y:345}); //this attaches movie to the _root timeline,
and renames it to
> "char1".
>
> _root.char1.swapDepths(_root.cursor_mc);
> //swaps the depth that the cursor is on and the new
movieClip is on. So
> the
> cursor will stay on top.
> };
> };
> b2.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "Hi!", this);
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char2_mc", "char2",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:605,
> _y:345});
> };
> };
> b3.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "Get Jac'd Up!", this);
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char3_mc", "char3",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:605,
> _y:345});
> };
> };
> b4.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "Boo!", this);
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char4_mc", "char4",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:605,
> _y:345});
> };
> };
> b5.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "I'll be your guide", this);
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char5_mc", "char5",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:605,
> _y:345});
> };
> };
> b6.onRollOver = function() {
> _root.captionFN(true, "Welcome!", this);
> this.onRollOut = function() {
> captionFN(false);
> };
> this.onRelease = function() {
> hideButtons();
> _root.attachMovie("char6_mc", "char6",
_root.getNextHighestDepth(),
> {_x:605,
> _y:345});
> };
> };
> _root.captionFN = function(showCaption, captionText,
bName) {
> if (showCaption) {
> createEmptyMovieClip("hoverCaption",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
> cap.desc.text = captionText;
> // cap._width = 7*cap.desc.text.length;
> cap._alpha = 75;
> if ((bName._width+bName._x+cap._width)>Stage.width) {
> xo = -2-cap._width;
> yo = -17;
> } else {
> xo = 2;
> yo = -17;
> }
> hoverCaption.onEnterFrame = function() {
> cap._x = _xmouse+xo;
> cap._y = _ymouse+yo;
> cap._visible = true;
> };
> } else {
> delete hoverCaption.onEnterFrame;
> cap._visible = false;
> }
> };
> // ===== END OF HOVER CAPTION ===== \\
>
> // ===== HIDE BUTTONS FUNCTION ===== \\
> function hideButtons() {
> for (i=1; i<=6; i++) {
> this["b"+i]._visible = false;
> }
> chars._visible = false;
> cap.desc._visible = false;
> }
> Sorry for copying and pasting all my code - I know it
must be annoying,
> but I
> can't seem to find what's wrong. Again, ANY help would
be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks for your patience. Your talent is very much
appreciated and I'm
> very
> grateful for all your help.
>
> Kindest regards
>

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