Flash AS2 _root.gotoAndPlay（）

Question

I have some problem with flash as2 coding. Problem is this: my built a flash app that has 3 frames in total. I wrote stop(); in second frame and root stopped on the second frame and movie clip in frame 2 starts to play. I want to _root goto third frame when movie clip reachs the 30th frame.

i use _root.gotoAndStop (3); in movie clips 30th frame but that didn't work.

Please help me.

Answer 1

Ok, it's pretty simple, you are missing to point the right target, in your case, you are playing until 30th frame but inside a movie clip, and you want the action has impact in the _root wich means you need to point the root but...

But "_root" doesn't seems to work in your case, well... probably you have more than one scene, some times it mess a bit.

use:

_parent.gotoAndStop(3);

instead of:

_root.gotoAndStop(3);

Make sure that you are writing this in the frame actions, some times I didn't pay atention and I wrote the code in the mc actions.

Other thing, make sure you are working on AS2.

Answer 2

_root.gotoAndStop (3);
_root.gotoAndStop(3);

You put a space?

Like mentioned above

_parent.gotoAndStop(3);

Will also work..

You can also do this in multiple nests,

_parent.gotoAndStop(3);
_parent._parent.gotoAndStop(3);
_parent._parent._parent.gotoAndStop(3);