Placing scripts into specific frames

Hello,
I am using Flex Builder 2 to create classes, leaving my FLA file void of scripts.
I wish to extend a MovieClip class so that my new class would dispatch a specific event everytime it reaches the last frame.
I could do this using an ENTER_FRAME listener which would launch a function call to see if the current frame is actually the last one, but I don't wish to do that and drop lag down my users' throat. I would rather prefer adding manually "endSequence()" to all of the animation sequences using Flash... which I really don't want to be doing as it would make updating very bothersome.
Is there a way to add a script to a frame programmatically so I don't have to use Flash to add bits of script to the last frame of each of my concerned MovieClips?
Thanks in advance,

Great! Thanks for the tip! Didn't find it in the Language Reference, but found the necessary synthaxe on:
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:QWuOfC-AvusJ:www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php%3Fp% 3D2098271+addframescript+as3&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca

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# This is /usr/people/egsnrc/EGS_Windows/RCS/Makefile.iris,v
# Revision 1.1 last edited 2001-02-02 15:14:51-05
# Last changed by bwalters and currently locked by
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# Revision 1.3 last edited 2002-12-29 08:12:45-05
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egs_input.o \
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egs_printer.o \
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macarabe wrote:
Both of these return a long error message that I have attached to see if any can give me any word of advice on how do I start translating the iris script into something Darwin can understand in order to install the utility.
You didn't include the error message. Porting a makefile from Linux shouldn't be too difficult. The only unusual thing I see is FORTRAN. You'll probably need a FORTRAN compiler to proceed.

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Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

I know of no NLE program, that offers the ability to match, or search frames. While I have not used them all, and some many versions ago, I do not recall such a function in AVID (Liquid, or Composer), PrPro, Pinnacle Studio, Magix MovieEdit Pro or CyberLink's PowerDirctor.
There might be some forensic programs, that can do this, but not sure that anyone, outside of law enforcement would have access to it.
Maybe others know of such software.
In PrE, about the best that I can think of is to use the Jog Shuttle in the Program Monitor, and visually watch, as the footage goes by very quickly, stopping when one reaches a tunnel, or town.
Good luck,
Hunt

Go to specific frame of an external swf?

How can I load a specific frame/label of an external swf
file?
anyone?

me,
> How can I load a specific frame/label of an external
> swf file?
First, you load the external SWF file. There are a number of
ways to do
this. I recommend either the MovieClip.loadMovie() method or
the
MovieClipLoader class. This causes the external SWF to be
loaded into a
movie clip container. Once the external SWF has fully loaded,
invoke
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() on the container clip and specify the
desired frame.
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Is it possible to load an external swf at a specific frame?

Hey! I've got a flash file which acts as the main menu for a
program I'm developing. Everything works fine from the main menu
however when you click to return to the main menu the whole main
menu file reloads. Is it possible to use loadMovieNum( ) to go to a
specific frame within the main swf file? If not, is there a way to
do this?
Here's the button code I'm using now:
on (release) {
unloadMovieNum(0); //unloads the current movie so we can
reload the main menu
loadMovieNum("DemoMainMenu.swf", 0); //reloads the main menu
Thank you for whatever help you can provide! :)

mcommini wrote:
> Hey! I've got a flash file which acts as the main menu
for a program I'm
> developing. Everything works fine from the main menu
however when you click to
> return to the main menu the whole main menu file
reloads. Is it possible to
> use loadMovieNum( ) to go to a specific frame within the
main swf file? If
> not, is there a way to do this?
First let me clarify one thing with you. Level zero is the
main level on the flash
player. By loading things in level zero you will remove
current content and replace
it with the new one. This is not a good idea because it works
like purge, clears the
player and from there on you can't maintain any functionality
unless you reload the
whole html document over again. Also, do not unload and load
in the same time in the
same level. Flash can hold single SWF per level, once you
load content, whatever previously
loaded will be automatically replaced, so just the loadMovie
action and you all set.
Good practice is to have the main level (zero) an empty base
and than load and unload
things in above levels, 1 and so on...
> Here's the button code I'm using now:
> on (release) {
> unloadMovieNum(0); //unloads the current movie so we can
reload the main menu
> loadMovieNum("DemoMainMenu.swf", 0); //reloads the main
menu
> }
>
In regard to the load and go to. Yes it is possible but no
matter what frame you want to
go to,you need to load the whole movie first. I will come
back to that in a second.
While you execute the loadMovie action, you can set up a
variable, for example:
loadMovieNum("file.swf", 1);
Variable="mcommini_01";
Than in the loaded movie you have preloader which makes sure
that the movie is loaded before
playing and once done loading, make it jump to frame which
has IF ELSE condition in some kind
of loop, using setInterval or Enterframe. That condition
checks for the variable value and based
on it proceed to particular frame.
That's why I told you not to clear level zero, if you set
variable and load movie in that level
in the same time, all the information will be gone and you
have totally no reference point to
get the variable from.
You could as well use shared object which is native form of
Flash's cookies. Write SOL file into
user drive temp folder, than read it from the other file and
go to frame based on the given value.
Best Regards
Urami
Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder...
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

Exporting action script in 2nd frame

I have a preloader in frame one so I export frame for classes
in frame two in the publishing settings. I have a scrolling
component in the .fla and when I set up the linkage for the
scrollable movie clip, it exports into the 1st frame. How do I tell
Flash to export action script for component in 2nd frame? Because
of the conflict with the publishing settings set at frame 2, the
scroll bar won't work unless I publish export action script into
frame one.
Please help,
Darryl

Thank you for replying. I was instructed that it is better to
have the action script load in the second frame if my preloader is
in the first frame in order for the page to cache faster on the
users PC. So in the Publish Settings, in the Flash Tab under
Settings, I was informed to "export frame for classes in "2".
The action script for the compenent in the Library only gives
me the choice of it exporting in frame 1. And because they do not
correspond, the scroll bar will not appear unless I change the
Publish settings to export in frame 1 and I will get this error
message Error opening URL
"file:///D|/Flash%20Studio%208/nams/scroll".
My goal was to increase the download speed of the Flash page.
Is there a way to get the compenent Action script to export in
Frame 2? The only option box through the Library Linkage is Frame
1.
Thank you again for responding,
Darryl

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