How do use buttons to control movie clip?

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hi ppl, i am flash newbie, i am trying to use buttons to stop, play, go forward, go backward and go back to start and i cant seem to make it successful. help anyone? :asian:

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Play:[AS]on (release) {
play();
}[/AS]
Stop:[AS]on (release) {
stop();
}[/AS]Place these on your corresponding buttons.

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yeah i put those but cant…

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But can’t what?

Are your Buttons targeting a Movie Clip Symbol?

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erm… wats that?? how to target the movie clip?

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What I mean is, do you have a Movie Clip Symbol on your Stage and want your Buttons, when pressed, to go somewhere inside that Movie Clip?

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yourButtonName.onRelease=function ();
{
yourMcName.gotoAndPlay.(“labelOrFrameNumber”);}

to stop change gotoAndPlay with gotoAndStop or Stop

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yeah i have a movic clip symbol, wat i want is when i click play the movie will play and when clip stop it will stop on where it is. Then when click play again it will play on where it stop.

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Okay, that script I gave you in my first post should work.

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erm… it dont seem to work

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[font=Courier New][/font]this is my file attach can help me see if there is any problem? thx

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Could you save it for FlashMX, please?

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yeah its for flash mx

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I think it’s for MX2004…

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wizard thx for ur help my teacher got the answer for it ^^

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Okay, you mind telling me the solution?

I’m thinking it might’ve had something to do with Instance Names.

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this is for the play button, my teacher says need to put the movie clip name before the play(); its the same for the others with the movie clip name in front before the command.

on (press) {
sticky.play();
}

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Yeah, that’s the Instance Name… well glad to hear you got it solved.

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hehe thx for ur help