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Button inside movie clip to control main movie timeline
I have about 5 buttons within a movie clip. I would like for when one of these buttons to be clicked, for it to control the main timeline by going to a specific scene and frame label.

Thank you.

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myButton.onRelease = function() {
   gotoAndStop("sceneName","labelName");
}

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Do I put this on the button that is in the movie clip or in the main timeline or in the movie clip timeline?
Avatar of Antonio EstradaAntonio Estrada🇲🇽

If you have given the buttons instance names (on the properties panel) then it should go in the MovieClip timeline.

If you didn't give them instance names, you can use this code instead (which would go in the button).

on(release) {
  gotoAndStop("sceneName","labelName");
}

-V
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This doesn't work --- I would like the buttons to control the MAIN timeline, not the timeline within the movieclip. any thoughts?
Avatar of Antonio EstradaAntonio Estrada🇲🇽

Try

on(release) {
  _root.gotoAndStop("sceneName","labelName");
}

or

myButton.onRelease = function() {
   _root.gotoAndStop("sceneName","labelName");
}

Dunno which one you're using.

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for some reason this is not working?
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I tried it both on the button and in the movie clip timeline and when the button is clicked, it does not move the Main movie timeline to where it is suppose to go
Avatar of Antonio EstradaAntonio Estrada🇲🇽

That's curious.

Can you post you *.fla?

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I've uploaded the file : oceanp2.fla to:
eringraphics.com/oceanp2.fla
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If you want your code to be on the main time line you should be writing the movieClipname.buttonname.onRelease

All the below will work...

myMovieClip.myButton.onRelease = function()
 {
   _root.gotoAndStop("sceneName","labelName");
}
or
myMovieClip.myButton.onRelease = function()
 {
   _root.gotoAndStop("labelName");
}
or
myMovieClip.myButton.onRelease = function()
 {
   _root.gotoAndStop("sceneName","frameNumber");
}


Regards,
John
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