Timeline Slider Problem

Question

hello,
I'm having a problem with my timeline slider everything works great on it until I try and hide it when going to a new page in the flash. There are two pages, a homepage with the timeline and second page with the timeline hidden. When going to the second page I want to have the timeline slide off the document. When I do this it causes the timeline slider tab position to jump back to the beginning of the timeline before sliding off screen. I can't seem to figure out how to preserve the slider tab position before the timeline moves off screen.
Originally the slider tab of the timeline animates onto screen using a traditional tween after running this as2:
var enableTicker = false;
var tickerMc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("tickerMc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
tickerMc.onEnterFrame = function() {
if(enableTicker) {
if((timebutton._x > 35) && (timebutton._x <= 70)) {
if((_root._currentframe != 46) && (_root._currentframe != 45)) {
theframe = "frame1920";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 70) && (timebutton._x <= 140)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 47) {
theframe = "frame1930";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 140) && (timebutton._x <= 208)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 48) {
theframe = "frame1940";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 208) && (timebutton._x <= 275)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 49) {
theframe = "frame1950";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 275) && (timebutton._x <= 345)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 50) {
theframe = "frame1960";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 345) && (timebutton._x <= 413)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 51) {
theframe = "frame1970";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 413) && (timebutton._x <= 481)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 52) {
theframe = "frame1980";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 481) && (timebutton._x <= 547)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 53) {
theframe = "frame1990";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 547) && (timebutton._x <= 610)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 54) {
theframe = "frame2000";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
if((timebutton._x > 610) && (timebutton._x <= 690)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 55) {
theframe = "frame2010";
//_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.gotoAndPlay(theframe);
//trace(timebutton._x);
At the end of the tween the slider tab has this as2:
on (press) {
if(init) {
startDrag("timebutton", false, 32, 440, 637, 440);
if(!dragHelpInit) {
dragHelpInit = true;
_root.dragHelp.gotoAndPlay("hideDrag");
dragging = true;
usingDrag = true;
on (release) {
if(init) {
stopDrag();
if((timebutton._x > 31) && (timebutton._x <= 100)) {
if((_root._currentframe != 46) && (_root._currentframe != 45)) {
theframe = "frame1920";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 100) && (timebutton._x <= 170)) {
trace("i'm here");
if(_root._currentframe != 47) {
theframe = "frame1930";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
trace("and here");
//_root.gotoAndStop("frame1930");
if((timebutton._x > 170) && (timebutton._x <= 235)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 48) {
theframe = "frame1940";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 235) && (timebutton._x <= 303)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 49) {
theframe = "frame1950";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 303) && (timebutton._x <= 373)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 50) {
theframe = "frame1960";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 373) && (timebutton._x <= 443)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 51) {
theframe = "frame1970";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 443) && (timebutton._x <= 508)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 52) {
theframe = "frame1980";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 508) && (timebutton._x <= 573)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 53) {
theframe = "frame1990";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 573) && (timebutton._x <= 630)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 54) {
theframe = "frame2000";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
if((timebutton._x > 630) && (timebutton._x <= 720)) {
if(_root._currentframe != 55) {
theframe = "frame2010";
_root.blender.gotoAndPlay(2);
trace(timebutton._x);
dragging = false;
Now when I try to animate it off screen it obviously jumps back to the initial position because I'm basically just using the same key frames, but reversed. Does anyone know how I can preserve the position of this slider tab?

Answer 1

Just to get this out of the way early, as a test, make sure that the Timeline Panel has focus, and try the Spacebar again. While the Timeline will play, with many other Panels having focus, I have encountered times, where, say focus on the Project Panel, will not allow the Timeline to play.
In PrPro, there is an orange border around any Panel with focus, but PrE is not so easy to spot, unless you are looking at the Timeline Panel's border, when you click on it, and notice a very subtle (I mean VERY subtle) change.
Good luck,
Hunt