Re: FLASH: tell target. my head broke

[John Croteau]

Hi J�hann,


> Lets say I put two buttons b1 and b2 in a movieclip A animate them and

> then put movieclip A in movieclip B and animate it.

> then in button b1 I say "tell target" ../ go to label bla.bla. and it

> wont work what do I do?

> I�'we had this problem before but the answer is stuck in my head....

> somewhere.

Generally you should use Tell Targets based on loction on the main

timeline.


If the frame blabla is on the main timeline the the path is always  /

Begin Tell Target ("/")

      Go to and Stop ("blabla")

End Tell Target


If the frame blabla is in A then use

Begin Tell Target ("/A")

      Go to and Stop ("blabla")

End Tell Target


If the frame blabla is in B then use

Begin Tell Target ("/A/B")

      Go to and Stop ("blabla")

End Tell Target


The above require you to use Instance names (A and B) for the MCs.


If frame blabla is on the main timeline and the button is in an MC B

inside MC A on the main timeline you can use 

Begin Tell Target ("../../")

      Go to and Stop ("blabla")

End Tell Target


We have two ways (an interactive diagram and a table) to determine the

proper MC path (there are always 3 ways that will work) for your MC or

variable at the Bible  --->

http://www.FlashBible.com/members/TellTarget/


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