play until a specific frame and stop...

[vip3r]

how would i do this using actionscript?
i was kind of thinking like this:

onClipEvent(enterframe){
if(thecurrentframe=2){
stop();
}
}

but im not completely sure. what variable would the currentframe part be in??

[lostinbeta]

Right click on the frame you want the movie to stop on, hit actions and just use stop()

[vip3r]

well, the frame i want it to stop at will change depending on what the user clicks on.... so i think i would have to use actionscript, right? since the conditional statement is actionscript, u would have to use actionscript to test the variable...

[lostinbeta]

Well what about a gotoAndStop(frameNumber) action?

What are you trying to do, knowing that might help with the solution.

[vip3r]

does go to and stop play through the until the stop number? i thought it just jumped to the specified frame...

when a user clicks a button,i want the animation to play and then stop at a specified frame....

i think the script i noted above will work once i figure out how to tell the frame is currnetly on....

[iceman]

What you need to do is create a movieclip that has the animation that you want in it and then place a stop action on the first frame of that movieclip. Then label the frame that you want the animation to start at and put a stop action and the frame that you want the animation to stop at. You can then just attach some code to your button like:

on(release){
_root.animation.gotoAndPlay("start");
}
that should solve your problem and remember to give an instance name, this should through your animation rather then just going to a specific frame. You could also just make the animation on the main timeline and do the same procedure, it will work the same way.

Hope this helps


Kyle:)

[vip3r]

thanx a lot, but when the user clicks another button, i want it to stop at another place. u can download my flash file thingy at http://www.vip3r.com/temp/navigator.fla
and then u can c what im talking about..
up there where the selctor layer is, i want the selector object to move to cover the button clicked on...
thanx again :)

[iceman]

your fla is corrupted my machine wont' open the file..

Kle

[vip3r]

i'll send u the file, wuts ur email?
if u don't feel like putting it on the forums, just email me:
snakedevil1@lycos.com
and i'll reply with the file
thanx!!

[sbeener]

viper,

your original code is only a few characters away from working:


onClipEvent(enterframe){
if(_currentframe==2){
stop();
}
}

[vip3r]

wow, thats pretty close :)
thanx for helping :)