Opening a swf at a specific frame

[honeyholz]

Hey there I've loaded an external movie in a swf file, but now I need to know how to open it at a specific frame. However I can't put the code on the external swf because I need it to start from the beginning at another time.

ANy help would be appreciated

 

[thrive]

Give the loaded movie a name and then use this:

on(press){
_root.mc_name.gotoAndStop("frameName")
}

 

[StephanieCordray]

wouldn't they just have to load that part of the whole at a specific time within the whole movie? using layers and so on? on(press) means the viewer would choose, doesn't it? I'm no flash expert so I could be wrong.

 

[thrive]

You have to load the entire movie into an object and give it a name so you can reference it. Once it's loaded into the parent movie you can control it by referencing that name. So in the example the loaded movie (mc_name) is told to go to and stop at "framename".

 

[StephanieCordray]

ah... gotcha