Do masks affect code?

Make sure you don't have a frame on your mask layer that has stop(); in it or do a global search for stop() to find if you have some actionscript hidden in a symbol somewhere.

cimbur

Hi Vicky, I would say no, a mask cant' affect your code.

check from where the code doesn't get executed - are there conditions that are tested for that aren't true, use trace actions to check.

You say sometimes the code never gets executed, - if it only happens sometimes, could it be that your movie is freezing somewhere along the line - do you get any messages in the output window, if you leave it for a while - does anything happen?

blu.

Hi Cimbur,

Thanks for your answer; I checked and I dont have any stops on any of my masks. Btw how do you do a global search? The only kind of search that I can do is per symbol, or frame or layer, all individually.

Thanks,

Vicky

Hi Blu,

Thanks for letting me know that masks dont affect code. I dont have any conditions on my code that would prevent it from been executed. Also the movie clips are runnig fine; no freezing. If anything, sometimes some of them keep running all the time, even though I do have a stop at the end of them.

Vicky

vicky, i suggest you post your fla somewhere so we can have a look

no obvious problem jumps out.
I think what cimbur means by _global.search is using the movie explorer, there's no other global search that i'm aware of (unless there's something new in 2004 pro).

blu.

Hi Vicky,

Under the Edit menu you will find a "Find and Replace" item (MX pro 2004).  There are a lot of search options but make sure you select "current document" and "actionscript".

I have all the checkboxes on the right hand side selected and the search works really great.  It goes through every component and frame in the document.

I hope you'll be able to find some hidden code to help you solve your problem.

cimbur

Thank you Cimbur!!

Blu,

Can I email you my fla?

Vicky

i'll give it a bang
blue-genie(at)bigfoot(dot)com

Hey Vicky, got your file today, can you explain to me what its supposed to do?

ie. if i click on gallery a whole bunch of green lines are moving around - what else is supposed to happen.

I havent' been through it with a fine tooth comb but so far all i see is a whole lot of stops(), a couple of functions - but I don't see where they're called.

Can  you save me some time and explain what must happen when, and when exactly does the code not execute.

thanks.
blu.

Hi Blu,
Thanks for taking a look..
 
The words on the screen act as buttons.  The lines move when a button is clicked to create space for pictures or text (which I will add later).  In the click event for each button, code calls the exitpanel() function, which plays a movie clip to reset the screen to its 'home' state.  This movie clip is specific to the current state of the screen.  The last frame of these movie clips has code that calls NewPanel() which plays a movie clip associated with the button clicked and setting the screen to a new state.  
 
For example, if you are currently viewing 'About Mark', and you click 'Profile', the lines need to first change from the 'about mark' state, to the 'home' state, and then change again to the 'profile' state.  To do so, the 'About Mark' exit movie clip has to be played, followed by the 'Profile' movie clip.
 
I'm not sure if I've explained this very well.  Please let me know if you need further explanations.

Vicky

Hi blu,

I just want to let you know that  I haven't forgotten about this; it just has been a couple hectic weeks for  me. I will go over my code again I should be able to reply to you soon.

Thanks,
Vicky