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Dec 20, 2011 9:23 PM

Hi all. Medium level flash user here. I downloaded a really cool .as3 library that i am incorporating into a flash project (using import), and it does everything i want except one. when a user clicks on an object, the way the developer made it, code in the imported .as3 file executes a gotoURL command. great if you want to open up a new url. but I want to just navigate to a certain frame and view an animation instead from within my flash movie, so i want to replace that line of code with one that will jump to a certain point in the "content" timeline. problem is (being a relative know nothing), i'm not sure how to make a gotoandplay() call to a specific timeline from an imported as3 script. where if it was in the main flash timeline i would just say content.gotoandplay(5) , in the separate as3 library it has no idea what that is. In other languages like VB, you would have some sort of construct like object.whatevertimeline.gotoanplay() and i assume that's doable here, just don't know how to do it. help?

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  • Donny1985
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    1. Donny1985,
    Dec 20, 2011 10:14 PM   in reply to Toonces the Cat
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    You should just be able to make a few minor adjustments to the class that calls the mouse click.

    Add a new property to the class. (google as3 getters/setters if you're unsure on how to do this)

    This property holds a reference to the movieclip you wish to gotoAndPlay.

    Assign this variable straight after the classes construction to avoid the user clicking and producing a null object.

     
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  • Toonces the Cat
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    2. Toonces the Cat,
    Dec 21, 2011 4:44 AM   in reply to Donny1985
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    thanks for that answer. just a followup : you said "this property holds a reference to the movieclip you wish to gotoandplay."

     

    sorry for my ignorance, but i'm not sure what statement i'd use to accomplish that. I looked up setters and getters, but once i have that, how would i then call the gotoandplay? would i then be able to simply say movieclip.gotoandplay(x)? can you point me to the right language constructs to use?

     
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  • kennethkawamoto2
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    3. kennethkawamoto2,
    Dec 21, 2011 8:06 AM   in reply to Toonces the Cat
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    object.whatevertimeline.gotoanplay() and i assume that's doable here

    Yes indeed - you'd basically do movieClipInstance.gotoAndPlay(n); How to target the MovieClip in question would depend on the relationship between your class instance (if it's instantiated that is) and the MovieClip.

     

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  • Toonces the Cat
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    4. Toonces the Cat,
    Dec 21, 2011 9:10 AM   in reply to kennethkawamoto2
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    it's basically on line 1 of my actions layer i have :

     

    import cardflip.as3.flipScript;    (with the file being flipScript.as)

     

    and the code within that flipScript.as file is :

     

    private function goThere(e:MouseEvent):void {

     

    navigateToURL(new URLRequest(thisURL), "_blank"  );

    }

     

    i want to replace the navigateToURL with something that does :

     

    content.gotoAndPlay(10);   (content being the movie clip instance i want to play)

     


     
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  • kennethkawamoto2
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    Dec 21, 2011 1:20 PM   in reply to Toonces the Cat
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    From where and how are you invoking "goThere" function?

     

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  • Donny1985
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    6. Donny1985,
    Dec 21, 2011 1:53 PM   in reply to kennethkawamoto2
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    In flipScript.as, where properties are being declared add:

     

    private var contentMC:MovieClip;

    public function set contentMC (value:MovieClip):void { contentMC = value; }

     

    Then replace the navigateToURL in goThere() with:

    contentMC.gotoAndPlay(10);

     

     

    Then in the actions layer, after importing flipScript;

     

    var flipScript:flipScript = new flipScript();

    flipScript.contentMC = theMcYouWantToPlay;

     
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  • Toonces the Cat
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    7. Toonces the Cat,
    Dec 28, 2011 5:50 AM   in reply to Donny1985
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    thanks. was taking a break for xmas....  i tried what you said but it returns an error :

     

    1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: MovieClip.

     
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