Maximum loops

[ndepoorter]

Hi, I am doing a web ad for a site and they stipulate that the flash file can only loop 3 times max. How do I do this? I am a designer who is very limited in my action scripting knowledge so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Guest · Accepted solution]

on the last frame of your animation (where you want your ad to stop), put the following code

if (loopCount == undefined) loopCount = 0;
if (++loopCount == 3) stop();

i think 🙂

[ndepoorter]

That worked perfectly! Thank you very much.

[L Gryfe]

Where exactly to you insert this code? I'm very new to Adobe Animate. What should I select and which panel do I insert this code into?

[kglad]

@L Gryfe 

code is added to the actions panel.

(and you'll need to use as3, not as2 from 15 years ago.)

[L Gryfe]

Wow! Thanks for the quick reply! I saw this was a very old thread. I wasn't even sure if anybody was following it anymore. Yes, I'm using the latest version of Adobe Animate.

I found the actions panel. Can I apply this to any last frame? It's a banner ad, so I chose the last animation frame of the frame that surrounds the artwork (a little confusing that they’re both frames). When I copied and pasted the code into the Actions panel, it appeared under the Scene 1 at “frame: Frame 198”. After that, I tested the movie with the Publish settings with the Loop on and the off but there was no change. Loop off still only runs once and Loop on runs forever. I must be missing something. Please advise.

LG

[kglad]

as3 or html/canvas project?

[L Gryfe]

html/canvas, I believe. I need to supply it to a newspaper as an banner ad for their online publication.

[kglad]

label the first frame of the loop startframe, and add to the end frame of the loop actions panel:

if(!this.playCount){
this.playCount=1;

} else {
this.playCount++;

}

if(this.playCount==3){
this.stop()

} else {
this.gotoAndPlay("startframe");

}

[L Gryfe]

OMG! It worked! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I had to Google how to label a frame, but that's okay! Have a great evening (or whatever time of day it is where you are). 

[kglad]

you're welcome!  (and thanks for the follow up.)