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flash AS3 gotoAndPlay question

there are many different examples out there that show how to get from one movie clip to a specific frame:

MovieClip(parent).gotoAndStop("intro");

But what if there was a movieclip within the "intro" frame you wanted to go to? I have not seen a specific post that talks about this.

I am guessing the movieclip within intro you can navigate to a specific frame too?
Help please!

quizengine

I write in as2, so I don't know if the syntax is the same in as3, but is as2 you would write

daddybear.mommybear.babybear.gotoAndStop("babysbed");

where the mc 'daddybear' is on the main timeline (root) and the mommybear clip is inside the daddybear clip, and the babybear clip is inside the mommybear clip. Make sense ?

g0mab2

ASKER

I tried that, there has to be something else to it since I keep getting the undesired response.
I am already in a movieclip, so I have to MovieClip(parent).

inside the main_parent frame, there is a mc called MAIN_MC that I want to open to a specific location.

so I have been doing this
MovieClip(parent).main_parent.MAIN_MC.gotoAndStop("portfolio");

but this is not working.

blue-genie

can you explain the setup more precisely?

on main timeline you have instance x
instance x you have .....

where you're calling the code from etc.

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truromeo4juliet

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g0mab2

ASKER

truromeo4juliet:
it worked, thank you so much!

g0mab2

ASKER

what if when you go to the root, the movie clip you want to go to is on a different frame?

for instance:
MovieClip(root).MAIN_MC.gotoAndStop("portfolio");

this works if the call comes from the same root frame that portfolio is in.

from root I would like to go one frame over, and two clips down, would that be:

MovieClip(root).main_parent.MAIN_MC.gotoAndStop("portfolio");

truromeo4juliet

I'm not sure of what you're asking when you say you want to go one frame over and two clips down. Can you elaborate?

g0mab2

ASKER

I figured it out, thanks anyway.