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Can’t get my dropdown menu buttons to link to another scene.

  • February 1, 2015
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I can’t get my dropdown menu buttons to link to other scenes within the same Flash file.  The buttons are unresponsive during playback – as if no code were attached to it.  Here’s what I have as my AS2 code on the dropped button that is supposed to link to the "Published" scene/page:

on(release){

_root.gotoAndPlay("published", 1);

}

I'm working with Actionscript 2.0 in Flash CS6.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Robert

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Correct answer kglad

you can use different scenes.

but don't use scene info for navigation (in your actionscript).

eg, if you want to use a goto to the 18th frame of scene 5, label that frame (eg, 'frame18_scene5') and use:

_root.gotoAndPlay('frame18_scene5');

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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February 1, 2015

don't use scenes for navigation with as2.

label your frames and use frame labels to navigate.

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February 1, 2015

 

Thanks for the suggestion, kglad.

I could place the entire site in one scene and simply program the buttons with

On(release){gotoAndPlay(Frame#);}

The biggest problem with that is each scene is distinctly different; different layers, graphics, etc.  Placing everything in one scene would create a mess and a number of discrepancies. There must be a way to link to different scenes.  Correct? Non-dropdown buttons have no issue with linking to other scenes; it seems odd that a dropdown button would.

 

kglad
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kgladCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 1, 2015

you can use different scenes.

but don't use scene info for navigation (in your actionscript).

eg, if you want to use a goto to the 18th frame of scene 5, label that frame (eg, 'frame18_scene5') and use:

_root.gotoAndPlay('frame18_scene5');

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