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Kaye S
Kaye S
Inspiring
May 16, 2019 9:38 AM UTC
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Advanced layers screwing up my code

Last year I made an animation. It worked fine with code and using the camera layer/tool. Ive reopened the file this year to make some changes. The "Do you want to turn on advanced layers" box appears. If I say "yes" to this, then all the references in my scrips to my movieclips stop working and throw up an error

Access of undefined property xxxx

If I turn off the Advanced layers function, my scripts work but then I can no longer use the Camera tool. Is there anyway to install last years version of Animate CC? Or how do I reference all my movie clips in my code with advanced layers turned on? I don't really need advanced layers...just the camera feature.

This is really frustrating.

Any ideas?

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    Kaye S
    Kaye SCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 21, 2019 10:15 AM UTC

    I've just solved the problem. If anyone else is really confused by the example given by Adobe like I was, here's a basic explanation of how the script will change:

    Without Advanced Layers: MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

    WITH Advanced Layers: nameOfYourLayer.MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

    So easy!

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    keumdong
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    Dec 2, 2023 5:56 PM UTC

    i having some issue but i tried your code but still the error is the same, anyone help

     

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    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    Dec 2, 2023 6:27 PM UTC

    @keumdong 

     

    what error?

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    keumdong
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    Dec 2, 2023 6:34 PM UTC

    same as the original post, i tried correcting using the given solving but it still error

     

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    n. tilcheff
    n. tilcheff
    Legend
    May 16, 2019 12:33 PM UTC

    Hi mate,

    Scroll down to the middle of this page Create timeline layers with Animate

    You'll see a section called "Using Advanced Layers"

    It should answer your question how to reference them

    Hope this helps!

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    Nick - Character Designer and Animator, Flash user since 1998 | Member of the Flanimate Power Tools team - extensions for character animation
      Kaye S
      Kaye SAuthor
      Inspiring
      May 20, 2019 7:32 AM UTC

      Thank you!

      I have tried to implement the script using the example from the link however I havent been too successful and keep getting different error codes.

      In a normal Actionscript, a person could type the following, for example:

      symbol_Instance_name.gotoAndStop("frameLabelName");

      I would love it if someone could help me change this code to make it work With Advanced layers.

      Thanks in Advanced!

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        Kaye S
        Kaye SAuthorCorrect answer
        Inspiring
        May 21, 2019 10:15 AM UTC

        I've just solved the problem. If anyone else is really confused by the example given by Adobe like I was, here's a basic explanation of how the script will change:

        Without Advanced Layers: MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

        WITH Advanced Layers: nameOfYourLayer.MovieClipInstanceName.gotoAndStop(5);

        So easy!

        Translate
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