Calling a function within a movie clip

programming flash
1

On my main timeline, I have a movie clip located on frame 3. Inside that movie clip I have a function. My goal is to call that function from frame 1 of my main timeline.

I have tried the following code with absolutely no results:

_root.myMovieClipName.myFunctionName();

I’ve also tried:

_level0.myMovieClipName.myFunctionName();

Any suggestions?

2

I could be wrong here… but your function will only exist on the “on handler”.

Why not create your function in a frame of the main timeline? That way it will always be available to all objects in your scene.

3

It actually gets kind of complicated, but basically it needs to stay in my movie clip because as part of my function I am evaluating a variable and then moving on to a different frame in the movie clip.

But what did you mean by it only existing on the “on handler?”

I can easily jump from somewhere in a movie clip to function on my main timeline, and according to everything I’ve read, I should be able to jump from my main timeline to a function in a movie clip. I just can’t seem to determine what is going wrong.

I welcome any suggestions.

4

I may not be right either… but as far as I know… you can only do this if the movie clip that contains the function is in existence when you attempt to call the function.

5

Exactly, Upu. You can’t do that because the function dosn’t exist at the time you’re trying to use it. But what you can do though is define a prototype in frame 1 and then call it. Or even a function that you can call with _root.function.

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