Target a movie clip inside a movie clip

When I go to the symbol editing mode on the first movie clip, I drag the instance of my 2nd movie clip to the stage. I then am duplicating my work, (it is over lapping) not sure what I am doing wrong here? and I am finding that my child movie clip is taking on the parent movie clip properties. How do I stop this from happening? I thought they are to remain independent? Any help is greatly appreciated. TY.

Will the child timeline be independent of the parent timeline. My pend_mc is the child and has taken on the hand_mc properties. Also why is there brackets around some and not the others? Thank you so much for your time.

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Targeting a movie clip inside a movie clip inside another movie clip with a twist

Thanks to ned. Im able to link to a movieclip inside a movieclip.
Unfortunately one of the movieclips now are a scrollbar and scroll. Now the actionscript isnt working?
Has anyone wany ideas? Please
cal.onPress = function() {
gotoAndPlay(2);
message1.contentMain.message.total = unit1;
Thanks

I wish i could say it wasnt named message 1 but it is. The code works without a scroll bar.
As soon as i put the target in a scrollbar it doesnt work?
This is my code for the scrollbar if thats the problem? maybe
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Targeting Multiple Movie Clips

Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to ActionScript so I would really appreciate
any help I can receive.
Right, I have a Flash file which contains a movie clip with
an instance called, 'contentHold_mc'. Inside this movie clip are 4
individual movie clips with instances entitled, 'content1_mc',
'content2_mc', 'content3_mc' and 'content4_mc'. I know these are
not the best names for instances, but this is just for simplicty's
sake. At present all movie clips run at the same time. I want them
to run sequentially. On the last frame of the instance,
'content1_mc', I want to stop the instance from playing and start
playing the instance, 'content2_mc'. On the final frame on
'content3_mc', I want to stop the instance from playing and start
playing the instance, 'content3_mc', and so on until 'content4_mc'
finishes playing. I have tried to use the tellTarget function
without success and anyway, I believe this is now deprecated.
Would anybody be able to provide me some guidance please as
to how I can achieve the previous using the 'dot' notation?
I have tried the using the code found at the bottom of this
message in the final frame of the movie clip instance that I want
to play first ('content1_mc'), however get a compiler error because
of the preceding two full stops '..'
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query.

Put a stop(); command at the first frame of each of the
clips. On the last frame of the first clip put:
stop();
_parent.contentHold_mc.content2_mc.play();
repeat as needed for each movie clip.
Tell the first clip to play.

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> I am trying to find a way to have my flash movie play on
the same
dreamweaver
> page.
>
> I have five buttons on the left. When I click each one I
want them to
play a
> different flash file in the same location on the right.
As you click a
> different button a new flash file replaces the old one
in the same
location on
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designed this and
sliced
> it in photoshop, saved for web and devices the opened
the html file in
> dreamweaver. Can my issue with this still be solved.
>
> Please help. Thanks
>
> Dreamweaver novice.
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what is difference between move & move corresponding ?

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MOVE-CORRESPONDING looks for the corresponding field names in the target structure and move those values only..
DATA: BEGIN OF source,
matnr type matnr,
end of source.
DATA: BEGIN OF target,
vbeln type vbeln,
matnr type matnr,
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move means same like
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I have a site that has multiple flash movies in it. One on
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sagew wrote:
> How do you get a movie (embedded I guess) from the
library of one Flash file
> into another Flash file? I'm working from a template
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