tell target

[fatmammal]

I have setup a scene with drag menu's. I have a main one setup and you click the buttons and i want it to load up another drag menu movie clip. I cant get the tell targets to work or a basic goto command to a keyframe which would load the movie on it. I need help real bad...

thanks
joel

example below i think...



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Fatmammal

i would really appreciate your help....im stuck on this one part...

[reverendflash]

are you using Flash 5, or MX?

TellTargets are depricated in Flash 5... :*(

However, if you must use them, please post your .fla, and I will take a look at it... chances are you have to target the level the mc is loaded into...

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

the main menu that is shown in the above .swf file with the buttons web development and application design.

When click I want it to open the other movie clip labeled as "dragmenu2". The actions i have for the button is

on (release) {
tellTarget ("/dragmenu2") {
gotoAndPlay (1);
}
}

and it doesnt open the movieclip with this error message.

Target not found: Target="/dragmenu2" Base="_level0.instance13"

thanks...

[upuaut]

The new format for this command as of 5.0 is

on (release) {
dragmenu2.gotoAndPlay (1);
}

Given that the movie clip in question has the instance name "dragmenu2" and that it is located on the same timeline as the button that has the script.

[reverendflash]

without your .fla it is difficult to tell, but judging by the little explaination you gave:

I assume you are loading the dragable movies in a level, correct?

then if you loadmovie into say level 01, you need to target that level:

on (release) {
tellTarget ("_level01/dragmenu2") {
gotoAndPlay (1);
}
}

see if that helps...

BTW, swf's don't do a lot for me, since I can't see the code... that's why I ask for the .fla...

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

I changed the actions for the rollover to on (release) {
dragmenu2.gotoAndPlay (1);
}

and it stopped the error but the movieclip doesn not come up..

[fatmammal]

that gave me this error

Target not found: Target="_level01/dragmenu2" Base="_level0.instance13"

and to be honest with i dont think i know what a level is ...

[reverendflash]

can you post your .fla?

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

can i email it you...

[reverendflash]

if it's under a meg... probably should zip it, if you have winzip...

edited out by reverendflash

I'll see what I can do...

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

its sent

[fatmammal]

Any idea?

[reverendflash]

okay, for some reason, I couldn't see your .fla when I tested the movie... :(

However, I did the attached test file to show what I would do to fix this...

I used LoadMovie to load your dragable menus into level 10. then you can load the new menu in the same menu, and telltarget the main timeline by _level0 ...

I hope this helps,

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

totally awesome... so what would i put on the drag menu.... to close it? if i put an "X" button in the top right corner.. What actions would i put?

thanks alot
joel

[fatmammal]

by the way is there any way to make the menu pop up not onto of the other... like in a different location?/

[reverendflash]

you would just use Unload Movie level 10 on a button...

glad it works for you,

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

nevermind the location one...

[reverendflash]

You can always load the menus in different levels (I try to use 10, 20, etc. to leave room in case I need to insert something in between)..

BTW, this is really oldschool as far as Flash is concerned... they use really different code now... :( I have just started learning the AS for MX...

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

yea but i mean... when a menu comes up... and i want to close it by putting an "x" on the menu in the top right corner... just like windows...

is there an action that will close the .swf movie?

[reverendflash]

As I said...

on a button :

on (release) {
unloadMovieNum (10);
}

10 being the level the movie is loaded...

Rev:elderly:

[fatmammal]

thanks alot

your the man...

[reverendflash]

Glad to help...

Rev:elderly: