[FMX]: Using gotoAndPlay with an empty movie clip?

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Okay…

At the _root I have an instance using an empty clip named mainPageEmptyClip. Inside of that, are various other movies.

Now, at the _root there is a menu which, when clicked, should access one of the layers within the empty clip’s content.

The problem here is that I can’t discern what the target would be to actually access the clip. The action worked fine before I implemented the empty clip, but now it won’t work any longer.

I’ve tried using the target tool built into FlashMX, but it doesn’t list any of the instances withing mainPageEmptyClip - that’s as far as it goes. I’ve tried entering in what would seem to be the path, based on the instance names of subordinate movies, but it does me no good - I’m continually given the error of Target Not Found.

These are the two options I’ve tried…

_root.mainPageEmptyClip.gotoAndPlay(351);

_root.mainPageEmptyClip.webLayer.gotoAndPlay(156);

And neither works :stuck_out_tongue:

Help? :smiley: Please :open_mouth:

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takin a look at it right now

man i love my oc12 :beam:

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I am physically exhausted…

i’ll come up with more definite answers tomorrow… but:

it could me that you don’t have anything loaded in that movie clip at the beginning, so it can’t target it

(don’t think its that).

Try labeling those frames. That is usually the cause of most problems. Rather than frame “351” go to frame 351 in your clip and name it “blah” or whatever and then call it in your gotoandplay (“blah”). That should work!