Playing the timeline from javascript

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January 19, 2021
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Hi all,

I'm currently trying to play the timeline from an animate project from it's parent webpage/document. I used ot be able to do this with edge animate by with a simple

sym.play();

I've checked through the posts on here and none of the solutions I've found seem to work for me. this.gotoAndPlay(0), just gives me a console error saying the function doesn't exist. Am I missing something obvious, the trigger I'm using to fire the function is working fine but I just can't seem toget the timeline to play.

Many thanks in advance.

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Correct answer kglad

you have a function in an animate fla canvas project, correct?

that function is being called by something somewhere (that probably lacks a reference to the "this" you want) and you've confirmed that function is being called, correct?

if so, in the same frame as that function add:

var _this=this;

and change your code to:

_this.gotoAndPlay(0).

kglad

Correct answer

Community Expert

you have a function in an animate fla canvas project, correct?

that function is being called by something somewhere (that probably lacks a reference to the "this" you want) and you've confirmed that function is being called, correct?

if so, in the same frame as that function add:

var _this=this;

and change your code to:

_this.gotoAndPlay(0).

S

Shaun_YUDUAuthor

Participant

Thanks for the quick response!

I was putting the function( and the event listener) directly into the project.js file after publishing it. I didn't think to put it on the frame itself. That has worked!

Many thanks.

kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

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