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Chadimoglou
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October 28, 2007
Question

buttons in a movieclip pointing back..

  • October 28, 2007
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so i have a movieclip(padclip) which contains the navigation to my site. there are buttons with padclip that point to different moveclips. one of them being (btn101).. soo below is my issue

i tried using
_parent.btn101.gotoAndPlay();

but received the following error in debug.
1120:Access of undefined property _parent.


if i just use
btn101.gotoAndPlay();

i get the same error but its
1120: Access of undefined property btn101


also.. padClip is not in a folder while btn101 is in a folder..

any ideas?
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ChadimoglouAuthor
Participant
October 28, 2007
Hmm.. seems i am getting the same error.. i have uploaded my file so maybe someone can take a look?

http://www.chadcoronato.com/amboy/layoutFinal07.fla

Thanks,
Chad
clbeech
clbeech
Inspiring
October 28, 2007
folder doesn't make a difference within the scope, it's just for orginazation at the authoring level.

You did not tell it to ... btn101.gotoAndPlay( WHERE );

this should either be a frame Number or a frame label String.

If you are just trying to make the clip play then use: btn101.play();
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