triggering actions using frame labels

Michael,

> Not sure how to do this one: I want to trigger an action
> when the playhead reaches a certain labeled frame.

The is a common request. Unfortunately, Flash simply doesn't support
this feature.

> I tried using something like:
> if (frameLabel == "myframenamehere") {
> dothis;
> }
>
> but that doesn't work.

I'm always curious how it happens that people just "try using"
something. I suppose there's no harm in that -- and sure, experimentation
may just teach a person something new -- but the practice seems odd to me as
as a general approach. Not saying this is *your* general approach, just
that I see this a lot in the forums.

Since you're dealing with movie clips, here, your best bet is to read up
on the "MovieClip class" entry of the ActionScript Language Reference.
Classes define objects, and just about everything in ActionScript is an
object. Movie clips are defined by the MovieClip class. Their
characteristics are listed under the Properties summary, things they can do
are listed under the Methods summary, and things they can react to are
listed under the Event summary.

There simply isn't a frameLabel property, or a _framelabel property, or
any other property to do with frames.


David
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