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ScrollPane External Control from Buttons in Flash 8

I give up before I pull all my hair out.......I am simply trying to load a large movieclip into a scrollpane so I can scroll the movie...and I want to be able to control frames from external buttons...I've googled, i've yahooed, and I've almost tossed a brand new 19" LCD across the room...help....

I'm fairly new, but in a bind. The code I'm working with can be found at http://dfwhomesales.com/flashhelp/main.zip

It should be simple...One file main.swf (I only included the .fla) has a scroll pane and loads a movieclip into the pane. It then has an external button that "should" move frames and control the movieclip within the scrollpane...but obviously it doesn't or I wouldn't be typing this....

below I will post what I found as the closest solution googling around...

FYI...what I am trying to accomplish...This will be a form based app. The forms are already in pdf format..so I am going to import (and already have) into seperate swf...either as scenes or frames...I can't get either to work in the scroll pane. I would like to use an outside dropdown to decide which form swf to load. The use the external buttons to go from page to page....That way, when I fill out the form and go to print...I can resize and print just the area inside the scrollpane easily.

thanks in advance

chuckbeats

ASKER

What I found googling:
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you need to set a reference to target the contents of a scroll pane. you cannot reference it directly. you need to use the getScrollContent() method.

say you want to send the the movieclip inside of your scroll pane to a frame labeled "chihuahua".

wrong:

ActionScript Code:
_root.myScrollPane.myMovieClip.gotoAndPlay("chihuahua");
right

ActionScript Code:
myMovieClipRef = _root.myScrollPane.getScrollContent();
myMovieClipRef.gotoAndPlay("chihuahua");__________________

Aneesh Chopra

Hi,

just replace your button code with the following:
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btn.onRelease = function() {
      myMovieClipRef = _root.myScroll.content;
      trace(myMovieClipRef);
      myMovieClipRef.gotoAndPlay(5);
};
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you are done, enjoy

Rgds
Aneesh

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chuckbeats

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This isn't the first time you've bailed me out.
Thanks