Button's script, target not found?

**Ghroth** · February 24th, 2012, 12:22 AM

Hey everyone. I'm using cs5.5 with as2 and i'm facing this strange problem:

i have a movieclip (test_main) on root with 2 movieclips (test_mc & test_btn) inside.
At frame 1 of test_main i'm writing:

Code:

stop();

test_btn.onRollOver = function()
{
    tellTarget (_parent.test_mc)
    {
        gotoAndPlay(2);
    }
};
test_btn.onRollOut = function()
{
    tellTarget (_parent.test_mc)
    {
        gotoAndPlay(11);
    }
};

..and i get

Code:

Target not found: Target="undefined" Base="_level0.test_main"

Same with _parent.test_mc.gotoAndPlay ..no movement.
I've been using this hundred of times back in Flash8 without a tiny problem.. but this one is driving me crazy now..

Thanks in advance!

**Krilnon** · February 24th, 2012, 12:45 AM

i have a movieclip (test_main) on root with 2 movieclips (test_mc & test_btn) inside.

Have you tried _root.test_main.test_mc?

**TheCanadian** · February 24th, 2012, 12:52 AM

Or just test_mc?

**Ghroth** · February 24th, 2012, 01:31 AM

Yeah.. test_mc, _root.test_main.test_mc, _parent.test_mc, _level0.test_main.test_mc even with _lockroot ... everything fails.

**Trupti** · February 24th, 2012, 04:24 AM

Why you need to use tellTarget? It is deprecated.
Remove tellTarget code line and simply use gotoAndPlay(2) for same movieclip
and _parent.gotoAndPlay(2) / _root.gotoAndPlay(2) for root

**Ghroth** · February 24th, 2012, 06:27 PM

Bah, i figured it out..

Code:

stop();

function rOver(mc:MovieClip)
{
    // _root.test_main.mc.gotoAndPlay : is what i was trying to pass... which was failing
    mc.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
function rOut(mc:MovieClip)
{
    mc.gotoAndPlay(11);
}


test_btn.onRollOver = function()
{
    rOver(test_mc); // this actually returns "_level0.test_main.test_mc" instead of just "test_mc"
};
test_btn.onRollOut = function()
{
    rOut(test_mc);
};