Here's the new erroe:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at website_fla::MainTimeline/frame2()[website_fla.MainTimeline::frame2:1 8]

I don't understand, because there is nothing on Frame 2 in either the preloader scene, nor the main movie scene.

When I test each individual scene, they work fine.  But testing the movie brings that error, and my main movie scene doesn't work properly (it comes up, but no functionality).

Does that info trigger any thoughts?

Cheers

I still don't understand it.

I have two scenes - Preloader and Scene 1 - neither have any script on frame two.

The preloader script is:

import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
function update(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
    var percent:Number = Math.floor( (e.bytesLoaded*100)/e.bytesTotal );
    if(preloaderMC is MovieClip){
        preloaderMC.gotoAndStop(percent);
        }
        if(percent == 100){
            play();
            }
            }
            loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, update);
            // Extra test for IE
            var percent:Number = Math.floor( (this.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded*100)/this.loaderInfo.bytesTotal );
            if(percent == 100){
                nextFrame();
                }
               LINE18:  stop();

and scene1's script is:

stop();
function colorNav(event:MouseEvent):void{
    gotoAndPlay(event.target.name);
   
   
}

function getGilbert(event:MouseEvent):void {
navigateToURL(new URLRequest("mailto:info@gilbert.net.au"));
}

LINE18: karaoke.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,colorNav);
trivia.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,colorNav);
gilbert.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,colorNav);

email.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, getGilbert);

I've highlighted both line 18s.   Is there another main overall timeline that I'm not aware of?  How do I get to that?

Cheers for your help on this.

Shaun

OK, I'm trying to figure it out, but I thought I'd give you an update in case I'm missing something obvious.

I tried testing just Scene 1 - it works (we already know that).

As an experiment, I then selected all the layer 1 frames in the scene, and dragged them to frame 2, so frame one is blank on all layers.  Now when I test the scene, the movie looks normal, but the menu buttons won't work and I get the error again.

So that tells me that the 'Preloader' scene is fine and isn't causing the problem, it's Flash not liking 'Scene 1' not starting from frame 1.

Does this clue help?

OK - here's a screenshot of the code from frame 2 of the movie - it's just three buttons jumping to different parts of the scene, plus an email button:

if I delete line 18, then line 19 creates an error, and so on.

It's strange, because when I test just the scene, it plays fine - the buttons work.

And here's the code from the preloader scene:

01.import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
02.function update(e:ProgressEvent):void
03.{
04. var percent:Number = Math.floor( (e.bytesLoaded*100)/e.bytesTotal );
05. if(preloaderMC is MovieClip){
06. preloaderMC.gotoAndStop(percent);
07. }
08. if(percent == 100){
09. play();
10. }
11.}
12.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, update);
13.// Extra test for IE
14.var percent:Number = Math.floor( (this.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded*100)/this.loaderInfo.bytesTotal );
15.if(percent == 100){
16. nextFrame();
17.}
18.stop();

Thanks for taking a look kglad

Not entirely sure what you mean by that, but I put // at the beginning of each line of preloader code using the speech bubble tool, and it greyed out each line.

The error and behaiviour was the same - still not working

OK - here she is:

http://www.gilbert.net.au/website.zip

Cheers

Thanks for taking a look kglad, but she still isn't working.

When I click the buttons, still nothing happens - it's not jumping to the appropriate part of scene 1.  The rollover graphic happens, but that never stopped working anyway.

Also, there are now double instances of the objects in the preloader.  If I try deleting either instance of preloaderMC, the preloader doesn't work.  I'm not sure what's going on with it.

Cheers

OK - she's working apart from that now when you hit the 'Solo Entertainer' button, it displays the 'Trivia' page instead of the 'Gilbert' page, and generates this error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at website_fla::MainTimeline/__setProp___id1__Scene1_GILBERT_71()[websit e_fla.MainTimeline::__setProp___id1__Scene1_GILBERT_71:7]
    at website_fla::MainTimeline/frame72()[website_fla.MainTimeline::frame72 :3]

There is definitely no code on line 7 or 3 of frame 71 and 72, so it's very strange.

Just to make sure I entered it correctly, should the code look like?:

11. stage.invalidate();

12. this.addEventListener(Event.RENDER,frame2RenderF);

LOL - it bizzarre - it works when I test just the scene, but when testing the whole movie, the SOLO ENTERTAINER button definitely brings up the trivia page, not Gilbert.

No matter - thanks for giving it a go kglad - I appreciate the time and effort you've put in here.

What's your email addy?  I want to Paypal you some money for your time.  They should have it set up here on the forums that members can have donations made to them for their time.

Cheers

Haha - gotta love the 80's

I deleted the fla file and re-downloaded it, unzipped it (7:47am like you said) and opened it in Flash, and yep, still the same problem.  And it spits out this compiler error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
    at website_fla::MainTimeline/__setProp___id1__Scene1_GILBERT_71()[websit e_fla.MainTimeline::__setProp___id1__Scene1_GILBERT_71:7]
    at website_fla::MainTimeline/frame72()[website_fla.MainTimeline::frame72 :3]

Yeah - fixing the video so it stops when leaving the page is the next step after I fix this first problem.

Here's the .swf it's generating

http://www.gilbert.net.au/website.swf

Wow - still the same prob

I thought it might have been Firefox using the same file in cache, so I emptied it, and even tried loading it using IE, but still the same prob.

But yes - when I click on the file via your website, it works fine.

I'm going to try loading it onto another computer, just to see if something funny is going on with mine.