gotoandplay function

[WebmastaDj]

Is there a gotoandplay function in actionscript 3? I can't seem to find it. I would like to use a frame label instead of a frame number if possible. I would also like to play the flash movie backwards to a certain point when the user clicks a certain button. I have seen it done before in Actionscript 2, but do not know how in actionscript 3.

[Rothrock · Accepted solution]

Of course it still exists – anyting timeline based wouldn't be very useful without something at least similar.

What has happened is that the global methods that many folks grew to love in earlier versions of flash have gone away. Instead of just being plain old "gotoAndPlay()" it is now "MovieClip.gotoAndPlay()."

In other words, look in the help files under MovieClip class methods and there you will find it – just the same as it has always been.

[SymTsb]

just remember that in order to use MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() you will need to import the MovieClip display object...

import flash.display.MovieClip;

[WebmastaDj]

That worked perfectly. Now does any know how to make a movie play in reverse until a certian point.

[kglad]

initiate a loop (like the ENTER_FRAME event or use the Timer class) and repeatedly execute the prevFrame() method of your movieclip.

[WebmastaDj]

I have seen an example like this: does this make any since?

onClipEvent(load) {
_root.reverse_flag=0;
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(_root.reverse_flag==1) {
num=_parent._currentframe;
num--;
_parent.gotoAndStop(num);
}
}

But they applied to an object and I believe they are using Actionscript 3.

[kglad]

that wasn't good coding in as2 but would work. it will not work in as3.