Re: FLASH: Tell Target question still not working

[Matthew Buchanan]

>

From: "Paul Kilgour" <paulkmobilixnet [dot] dk>

> 

> Now I'm really confused. I should only have one MC? I'm trying to 

> call a MC from a button within another MC. Will Flash not allow me

> to do that? I thought I'd read on this list of people using multiple

> MC's?


Yes, you can have a button inside a MC and have it tell target to

another MC.


> So I can't have the button within a MC?


See above.


> It has an instance name, the same name as the movie clip and the 

> alyer that it is on. But nothing shows in the Tell Target window. I

> typed it in myself in the Target window.


Wait a sec. You MC and the button inside it both have the *same*

instance name? That's a no-no. They must have different names.

You then tell target to your other MC by returning referencing the

main timeline (using "/" as the prefix on your tell target command,

followed my the instance name of the movie you wish to control).


> Thank you. I'm at my wits end. Every reply I get just confuses me more!!


To recap. You have MC1 which contains Button1. MC1 is on the

main timeline and has instance name "mymovie" let's say. Button1

is inside MC1 and has instance name "mybutton". You also have

MC2 on the main timeline with instance name "mytransition". The

action applied to "mybutton" should be a tell target to "/mytransition"

(ie, the MC "mytransition" which is sitting on the main timeline... )


Am I reading your message correctly?


Matt




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