GotoAndPlay Problem (when I use duplicatemovieclip)

programming flash
1

Problem is simple and anoying.

I have simple MC (15 frames, name: TestMov)

On the first frame of this movie I have stop();

I want to duplicate this movie (duplicatemoviclip) and to start playing new movie from frame 2.

This is my button code:

on (release) {
TestMov.duplicateMovieClip(“TestMov1”, 1);
TestMov1._y = TestMov1._y + 100;
TestMov1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}

After TestMov1.gotoAndPlay(2) is executed, script just stops on second frame, doesn’t continue to the next frame. ???

If I remove first frame stop(), then gotoAndPlay(2) is working, (start from 2 and continue on the next frame, and so on…)

I’m sure I did this before and I didn’t have any problems. What I’m doing wrong.

Here is example.

2

it sees to work just fine, after you put your stop action in symbol 2 away.
or didn’t you mean that?

3

I’m not sure I understood what did you mean…

When I delete stop() in first frame, then gotoAndPlay(2) is working fine, but that’s not what I want. I have to have that stop() on first frame, so movie will bi initiated and stoped on the first frame, then later on, I can issue gotoAndPlay(2) to continue the movie clip. This doesnt work if you duplicte movie with DuplicatMovieClip. On the new created movie, gotoAndPlay doesn’t work.

I’ve just found wierd solution for this…
I put in the second (2.) frame of the MC gotoAndPlay(3), now is working fine… Is this wierd… gotoAndPlay(n) is supposed to start playing MC from n frame and to keep playing next.

Here is in attachment what I did…