Animate CC Canvas - Cannot read property 'gotoAndPlay' of undefined?

[jeffery wright]

I have made a function that resets Movie Clips:

function reset_TXT(){

this.txtScroll_PF.gotoAndPlay(0);

this.txtScroll_MD.gotoAndPlay(0);

}

When a frame is accessed, the function is fired:

reset_TXT();

I get this odd error:

Frame 1? Frame 1 has no reference to this function at all!

It is Defined in Frame 2:

It is Called in Frame 2 and all subsequent frames after:

So, my function is indeed Defined, so why do I get this error, too?

Calling it this way only produces a different error:

this.reset_TXT();

Uncaught TypeError: this.reset_TXT is not a function

Can anyone explain this madness?

Thanks!

[JoãoCésar · Accepted solution]

Hi.

If you console.log the 'this' keyword inside of that function you'll see that it refers to the Window object.

One way of solving this issue is to store a reference to the current timeline first. Like this:

var that = this;
function reset_TXT()
{
    that.txtScroll_PF.gotoAndStop(0);
    that.txtScroll_MD.gotoAndStop(0);
}

I hope this helps.

Regards,

JC