5 Replies Latest reply on May 24, 2007 6:50 AM by kglad

How to loop an swf a set number of times?

Ehrhart Mar 12, 2007 10:03 AM

I need to loop a banner animation a set number of times, then get it to gotoandstop on a final frame. I know in the past I could use:

counter++; if (counter<5) { gotoAndPlay (1); }

At least for the looping part (don't even know yet about the stop pon a particular frame part).

but now in Flash 8 I can't get my test swf to do that using this statement. Am I missing something? (Of course, obviously I am or I wouldn't be here!)

1. Re: How to loop an swf a set number of times?

kglad Mar 12, 2007 10:23 AM (in response to Ehrhart)

you must initialize your counter in flash 8:
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2. Re: How to loop an swf a set number of times?

Ehrhart Mar 13, 2007 5:27 AM (in response to kglad)

Many thanks for that, kglad.

Robert
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3. Re: How to loop an swf a set number of times?

kglad Mar 13, 2007 7:37 AM (in response to Ehrhart)

you're welcome.
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4. Re: How to loop an swf a set number of times?

postpunk May 23, 2007 4:44 PM (in response to kglad)

This works for me as well, but i don't want it to jump to the final still frame. i need mine to loop three times, then plan through to the frame i want, stopping there. the frame i want is not the final frame in the swf. it is somewhere in the middle.

does that make sense?
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5. Re: How to loop an swf a set number of times?

kglad May 24, 2007 6:50 AM (in response to Ehrhart)

sure. just label the frame you want that's "...in the middle." and use that label in your gotoAndStop() method.
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