goToAndPlay(); vrs stop(); in same frame

	Hi all. Interesting situation I ran into today while
updating  
another person's Flash.
	The main menu buttons are on the root timeline, and the
content is  
in a MC. Each button has the following:

on(press){
		this.MC.gotoAndPlay("frameName");
}

telling the MC to go to its matching frame. In the MC, each
labeled  
frame has a stop(); command.
	What I'm seeing is - on clicking a button, it goes to the
matching  
frame. But click it again, and it proceeds to the next
frame. Click  
it a third time, it goes back to the matching frame, and so
on...
	Is there a reason it would ignore the stop(); if it is
already on  
the frame the button calls? Does the AS only get run when it
first  
enters the frame, and "going" to the same frame
doesn't "re-enter"  
the frame?
	Solution was to use gotoAndStop(); instead of
gotoAndPlay(); But  
still, wondering why...? Thanks!


George Langley
Multimedia Developer, Audio/Video Editor, Musician,
Arranger, Composer

http://www.georgelangley.
ca


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If the playhead is already in the frame you're telling it to
go to, you
can see this behavior.  You can avoid this by putting the
stop action 1
frame later than the framelabel.  

on(press){  =  yuck!  Sorry you're stuck with that kind of
file dude.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America  
GT&O Learning & Leadership Development
eTools & Multimedia Team


 

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>>
>>	Hi all. Interesting situation I ran into today
while 
>>updating another person's Flash.
>>	The main menu buttons are on the root timeline, and
the 
>>content is in a MC. Each button has the following:
>>
>>on(press){
>>		this.MC.gotoAndPlay("frameName");
>>}
>>
>>telling the MC to go to its matching frame. In the
MC, each 
>>labeled frame has a stop(); command.
>>	What I'm seeing is - on clicking a button, it goes
to 
>>the matching frame. But click it again, and it
proceeds to 
>>the next frame. Click it a third time, it goes back
to the 
>>matching frame, and so on...
>>	Is there a reason it would ignore the stop(); if it
is 
>>already on the frame the button calls? Does the AS
only get 
>>run when it first enters the frame, and
"going" to the same 
>>frame doesn't "re-enter"  
>>the frame?
>>	Solution was to use gotoAndStop(); instead of 
>>gotoAndPlay(); But still, wondering why...? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>George Langley
>>Multimedia Developer, Audio/Video Editor, Musician,
Arranger, Composer
>>
>>http://www.georgelangley.
ca
>>
>>
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