Return to last scene viewed

Question

I have a scene that can be accessed from every scene in the
movie. This scene has 2 options - 1 launches another movie the
other is a cancel button.
When the cancel button is clicked I want to return to the
scene you were in last. I have tried the PrevScene function but
that just goes to the scene before this scene in the Scene list.
I am guessing I will have to use variables but I don't have
the first clue as to where I would start with that.
Any help would be gratefully appeciated as I am banging my
head against a brick wall here!
Cheers,
Stevie

Answer 1

Ok
First one thing to know is, when Flash Compile your document
on Publish, all scene became one scene. Here is what I suggest:
1- Put a label name on each scene at the first frame - Must
be unique
2- On the root, first frame of all, setup 2 things
- 2 Variables like
var actPos:String = null;
var lastPos:String = null;
- a function :
function setMyPos(theLabelName:String):Void {
lastPos = actPos;
actPos= theLabelName;
3- Call this function on each first frame of each scene like
setMyPos(sceneName);
I supposed that when you call a new scene you arrive there by
the fisrt frame. So this will always keep the actual scene and the
last visited scene. When you will need to call the last visited
scene, just have to call it like that : gotoAndPlay(_root.lastPos);
This will bring you at the last visited scene.
Hope that can help you!