play one symbol after the other

you could do something like on symbol A completion

sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("B").play();

//calls symbol A's parent and the parent calls for symbol B to play

or

sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("B").play()

//calls the composition which calls the stage which calls for symbol B to play

i don't know if this will look seamless,

Jonathon Davis

Hi, amatschos-

It was the Thanksgiving holiday here in the States, so I'm guessing that

You can play two symbol instances right after each other in the timeline using Playback Actions.  First, make sure autoplay for your symbols is unchecked:

Then, on your main timeline, your symbol should have a "Playback" lane.  Select your first symbol and select the plus next to Playback, and then choose "Play" or "Play From":

You can then line up your playback actions to play one after the other:

Hope this helps!

-Elaine

Alex

In Elaines screenshot, see where she added mySymbol1, it is set to Play at 0, and on the timeline you can see an arrow pattern that dictates how long that particular animation is. So where the pattern ends, you add another symbol Playback action, like she has captured for mySymbol2.

Hope this helps clarify

Darrell

Hello Alexander,

sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("B").play();

This doesn't call symbol A and then symbol B, this just calls symbol B after Symbol A is complete. so symbol A is already called.

so here is what i did:

1. Created Symbol A and Symbol B

2. Created a Timeline animation for both Symbol A and Symbol B

3. In Symbol B i created a event trigger (ctr t) at 0:00 and clicked "stop".

// This is so that Symbol B does not play when the animation starts

4. In Symbol A i created a Timeline Action (the curly brackets {} on the far left of the actions timeline) i used "Complete" and entered in the following code

sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("B").play();

5. When i called on Symbol A it would play, however Symbol B won't play because of step 3, then when Symbol A is complete it will trigger its Timeline Action (step 4) which it would execute the above code.

// I made images guideing through the process like Elanie did however i can't upload images

edit: "And I want to call the symbols with an javascript outside of edge." I did not see this ill look into that.

To edit the symbols outside of edge open up the name_edgeActions.js file

you should see some code like

//=========================================================

 

   //Edge symbol: 'A'

   (function(symbolName) {  

 

   })("A");

   //Edge symbol end:'A'

 

 

   //=========================================================

 

   //Edge symbol: 'B'

   (function(symbolName) {  

 

   })("B");

   //Edge symbol end:'B'

// under Edge symbol 'A' in the function add

      Symbol.bindTimelineAction(compId, symbolName, "Default Timeline", "complete", function(sym, e) {

         sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("B").play();

      });

     //Edge binding end

// under Edge symbol 'B' in the function add

      Symbol.bindTriggerAction(compId, symbolName, "Default Timeline", 0, function(sym, e) {

         sym.stop();

     });

     //Edge binding end

// You should get something like

//=========================================================

 

   //Edge symbol: 'A'

   (function(symbolName) {  

 

      Symbol.bindTimelineAction(compId, symbolName, "Default Timeline", "complete", function(sym, e) {

         sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("B").play();

 

 

      });

      //Edge binding end

 

 

   })("A");

   //Edge symbol end:'A'

 

 

   //=========================================================

 

   //Edge symbol: 'B'

   (function(symbolName) {  

 

      Symbol.bindTriggerAction(compId, symbolName, "Default Timeline", 0, function(sym, e) {

         sym.stop();

 

 

      });

      //Edge binding end

 

 

   })("B");

   //Edge symbol end:'B'

there is a function called isPlaying() you could use that to see if it is playing or not, there are also two functions that could help with that the getDuration() can be used to find a symbol duration and the getPosition() function can be used to find out where in the timeline the animation is. Sorry i couldn't help yesterday and i can't give a full answer till later tonight but i would try setting a variable to getDuration() and using an if statement to see if the animation is complete or not.

Hi, Alexander-

There are a couple of things you can do here.  If your grandchildren symbols are not repeating, you can simply set a trigger in your child symbol to call the second symbol.  This would look like this:

// Go up one level and then across to the symbolB instance

sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("symbolB").play();

Otherwise, you can go the more complex route and start using event listeners.

Hope that points you in the right direction,

-Elaine

Hello Alexander,

Ok so let me see if i fully understand, so what you are trying to do is randomly select a symbol to play from A,B,C then after that symbol is complete you want to seemlessly play another random symbol that is either D,E,F?

Awsome i made a quick prototype and it worked for me! here is what i did:

first make sure A,B,C,D,E,F symbols all have the stop() at 0:00

i made a event called compositionready (you can find it by clicking on the top right {} "open actions" in the properties panel when selecting the stage) i then entered in the following code

var randomNum = Math.floor((Math.random()*3)+1);

if (randomNum == 1){

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("A").play();

}

else if (randomNum == 2){

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("B").play();

}

else {

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("C").play();

}

then i went into the Symbols A,B,and C and created "complerte" events (found on the top left {} in the timeline) for all of them and entered in the following code

var randomNum = Math.floor((Math.random()*3)+1);

if (randomNum == 1){

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("D").play();

          // like i said in post three you could use sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("D").play();

}

else if (randomNum == 2){

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("E").play();

          // like i said in post three you could use sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("E").play();

}

else {

          sym.getComposition().getStage().getSymbol("F").play();

          // like i said in post three you could use sym.getParentSymbol().getSymbol("F").play();

}

this would then call for a random symbol A,B, or C once the composition loaded, then when either one of those completed it would randomly select D,E, or F
Does this all make seanse and is this what you are looking for?

hey sorry for the slow response aswell
i can give you the project once i have acsess to the computer it is currently on

I'm glad to help

i don't know how i would go about uploading an edge animate file

oblivousjd - here is a link on how to:

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5935946#5935946