if(_currentframe == x){gotoAndPlay (y);}

First of all, I am Spanish, so excuse me if I haven't correctly understood
your question or my English is not very good.
I have to say that I am just an amateur, so my knowledge is not very deep,
but I suggest that you put the whole if-block inside an "onEnterFrame", like
this:

onEnterFrame = function() {
//Continuously animate busLogo
if(busLogo._currentframe == 130){
trace("No Errors");
gotoAndPlay("beginAnimation");
}
}

I don't know if this works for you, but you don't lose anything for trying
;-)
Regards,
Tris.-

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Thanks cinemaguy! That did it!

oops... sorry cinemaguy. I didnt realise you posted already..

i didnt copy you, i promise. =)

Yes, that works, but I specifically want to be able to control everything from the first frame in the main time line. With the given script, under my knowledge, I believe that I should be able to do this.

However, it's not working.

I want to know either
a)What's wrong with the script or
b)That this is not possible.

just put

gotoAndPlay(50);

of frame 130 of your logo animation.

No, all of my actions currently reside in the first frame of the main timeline (and, in fact, I have posted all of the actions that are written for it so far).

As for looping by default, I want it to animate through once and when it hits the end, I want it to loop starting with frame 50...not frame 1.

im quite new to AS, but im just wondering, in your busLogo mc, do you have any frames with actions on them? eg..stop();

also, if busLogo mc has nothing else inside it, you don't need any code, as it will loop by default.