Path.To.MovieClip?

Hi,
I have this event which is not working and I am stumped!
on(rollOver) {
_root.mc_home.gotoAndStop("over");
_root.mc_home.mc_homemove.gotoAndPlay("rollover");
Instance mc_home consists of 2 keyframes labelled 'out' and
'over'.
Keyframe one has a stop() action and a brown shape to
resemable a button and the word 'Home' in a grey colour.
Keyframe 2 has a stop() action, the word 'Home' in black but
instead of a brown shape to represent a button, it has another
moveclip with the instance name of mc_homemove. This movieclip has
a frame label on its timeline called 'rollover' which is where the
magic happens within this movieclip!
When I rollover my main movieclip (instance name mc_home) the
first line of the event is run successfully:
_root.mc_home.gotoAndStop("over");
I know this because the word 'Home' changes black in colour
but the second line does not as my movieclip instance mc_homemove
does not begin to play.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where i am going wrong
please?
Thanks in advance.
K

I think its becuase the action for the second line of code:
_root.mc_home.mc_homemove.gotoAndPlay("rollover");
is being called BEFORE it can find the movieclip named
"mc_homemove"
create a second button and have one lie of code on one and
the otherline on, well the other.
Run your movie and see what happens.

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 at MethodInfo-51()"
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//Load the full-size images and place onto the stage
function showPicture(event:MouseEvent):void {
 //add new movie clip container
 var mc2:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
 addChild(mc2);
 //clear the fullLoader—this is to help clear any full-size images that may already be on the stage (they have two options, click a new thumbnail, or close the current full-size image
 fullLoader.unload();
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 fullLoader.load(new URLRequest(event.target.name));
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 mc2.addChild(mc2.fsloop);
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 mc2.filters = [fullDShadow];
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 mc2.x = (stage.stageWidth - mc2.fsloop.width) * 0.5;
 mc2.y = (stage.stageHeight - mc2.fsloop.height) * 0.5;
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 addChild(mc2);
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 //check to see if the image has been loaded completely—this is to make sure the image's attributes can be used to re-center on stage and remove fsloop
 fullLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, removeLoop2);
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 imageTextField.multiline = true;
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 imageTextField.x = 10;
 imageTextField.y = 125;
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 for (var j:int = 0; j < xmlList.length(); j++) {
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 imageTextField.htmlText = "" + xmlList[j].child("projectName") + " "
 + "" + xmlList[j].child("toolsUsed") + " "
 + xmlList[j].child("projText") + " "
 + "" + xmlList[j].child("liveURL") + "";
 function removeLoop2(event:Event):void {
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 mc2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clearStage);
The second error gets thrown when the container is clicked and the function clearStage is executed, which does not remove the container:
"TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
 at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
 at artGallery_v1_5_fla::MainTimeline/clearStage()"
This is the clearStage function:
//Allow full-size image to "self close" by clikcing on it and removing the text description
function clearStage(event:MouseEvent):void {
 //clear the fullLoader
 fullLoader.unload();
 //remove the container
 event.target.parent.removeChild(MovieClip(event.target.parent).mc2);
 //remove the text field
 removeChild(imageTextField);
 //show the instructional text that is on-stage
 galleryInfo_mc.alpha = 1;
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without any luck so far. Ive embedded both the font (Arial) and
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Hi!
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Yes i use the setTextFormat for the links in the .as file. I
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Hi
I have created my own class. Lets say I called it
vector
I need refference to object this class, but after refering to
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objects. If
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you'll have to
give it a toString() method.
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reference
path? If you already know the path (which, of course, you do
-- because you
traced the object), then you already know it.
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Mike
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//movieTarget._yscale=80;
var fileNames:Array = ["screen1.swf","screen2.swf","screen3.swf","screen4.swf","screen5.swf","screen6.swf","scr een7.swf","screen8.swf","screen9.swf","screen10.swf","screen11.swf","screen12.swf","screen 13.swf","screen14.swf","screen15.swf","screen16.swf","screen17.swf","screen18.swf","screen 19.swf","screen20.swf","screen21.swf","screen22.swf","screen23.swf","screen24.swf","screen 25.swf","screen26.swf","screen27.swf","screen28.swf","screen29.swf","screen30.swf","screen 31.swf","screen32.swf","screen33.swf","screen34.swf","screen35.swf","screen36.swf","screen 37.swf","screen38.swf","screen39.swf","screen40.swf","screen41.swf","screen42.swf","screen 43.swf","screen44.swf","screen45.swf","screen46.swf","screen47.swf","screen48.swf","screen 49.swf","screen50.swf","screen51.swf","screen52.swf","screen53.swf","screen54.swf","screen 55.swf","screen56.swf","screen57.swf","screen58.swf","screen59.swf","screen60.swf","screen 61.swf"]
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this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
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mclListener.onLoadInit = function(movieTarget:MovieClip) {
    trace("Preparing to play: " + fileNames[currentMovieNum]);
movieTarget.loadClip(fileNames[currentMovieNum], container);
movieTarget._xscale=80;
movieTarget._yscale=80;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
    if (currentMovieNum == fileNames.length) {
        currentMovieNum = 0;
    } else {
        if (movieTarget._currentframe == movieTarget._totalframes) {
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Thanks for taking a look at this. The randomizer seems to work just fine, as here is a sample output from the trace:
Random array: screen47.swf,screen2.swf,screen57.swf,screen21.swf,screen9.swf,screen49.swf,screen36.swf, screen17.swf,screen6.swf,screen59.swf,screen15.swf,screen12.swf,screen33.swf,screen25.swf, screen42.swf,screen22.swf,screen24.swf,screen40.swf,screen11.swf,screen19.swf,screen32.swf ,screen35.swf,screen7.swf,screen39.swf,screen23.swf,screen4.swf,screen1.swf,screen48.swf,s creen31.swf,screen45.swf,screen29.swf,screen18.swf,screen51.swf,screen14.swf,screen34.swf, screen10.swf,screen38.swf,screen26.swf,screen16.swf,screen13.swf,screen55.swf,screen37.swf ,screen44.swf,screen61.swf,screen43.swf,screen20.swf,screen28.swf,screen30.swf,screen56.sw f,screen50.swf,screen54.swf,screen53.swf,screen46.swf,screen58.swf,screen41.swf,screen8.sw f,screen5.swf,screen52.swf,screen3.swf,screen60.swf,screen27.swf
Might you be able to lead me down a better path? I'm currently unable to get this to function for multiple symbols. The previous is the code that I've placed on the first keyframe of a movieclip with an instance name of movieTarget. Works swimmingly for one, but once the code is placed on the other symbols on different layers, it seems to only work on the lowest layer in the project.
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