RE: FLASH: a sound / MC thing

[Cheng, Kynan (London)]

Thanks Marc.  So I guess the only way to do this is to make more frames.  I

overlooked it even thought it was under my nose (duh) - I was hoping for a

script solution. Whatever works!


K.


> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media [SMTP:maildartfrogmedia [dot] com]

> Sent:	Friday, April 14, 2000 12:12 AM

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject:	Re: FLASH: a sound / MC thing

> 

> At 03:54 PM 4/13/00 , you wrote:

> >  What I'd like to see is

> >that as soon as the sound is done that it sends the movie back to frame

> one,

> >but not before or else the sound will clip/stop short.

> 

> 

> only way to do this is to set sync to Stream so that the animation and 

> sound are tightly synchronized. Then you can actually see in the timeline 

> where the sound ends, and insert the action to go back to frame one.

> 

> 

> >Can i Tell Target "play the movie, if movie in frame two and sound is

> done

> >go to frame 1"? Not sure about how to implement this using the action

> >script..

> >

> >

> >

> >Also:

> >

> >I have the sound on as it's own movie clip symbol.  How do I figure out

> the

> >level it's on?

> 

> Movie clips are not by default on a level -- that is, they exist on the 

> same "level" as the parent movie, but if you're referencing them from the 

> same movie you just use the path and instance name. So a movie clip on the

> 

> main timeline can be referenced from the main timeline as "instancename"

> or 

> from anywhere in the movie as "/instancename." A leading "/" always refers

> 

> to the main timeline of the current movie. In tellTarget, you need to

> refer 

> to levels only when communicating between movies (.swf's) that are loaded 

> on different levels.

> 

> 

> >   That's one thing I can't seem to find is something that

> >shows the hierarchy or contents of _levelX and so thus I have a hard time

> >understanding how they work - or more accurately what symbol is where on

> >what level.

> 

> 

> Marc Hoffman

> 

> Poison Dart Frog Media

> http://www.dartfrogmedia.com

> 

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