Yes, you can add any valid actionscript version 3 to any FRAME on any timeline ( root, mc, nested mc, etc.). You can NOT add actionscript directly to objects (buttons, mc's, etc.) but instead you reference all objects via their instance name or linkage name with actionscript on any frame, or of course from an external class. Best practice is to put all possible actionscript on the first fram of the root timeline, or in an external class, but if you are a designer, it's easy and legal to put necessary actions on the designed mc timeline. jimbo
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/26/2007 at 6:29 AM Mark Badger wrote: >Ben, >Thanks so much for trying this. In reading all of the documentation on >3.0 it says no more ActionScript on MovieClip timelines at all which >didn't bother me until I started thinking about the basic construction I >use for starting out the Flash class. And I assumed stops counted as >ActionScript but didn't test it. > >thanks again > >Mark > >ben wrote > >Can you elaborate on your question? Not that I'll be able to answer, >but I'm confused by what you said. I haven't really tried much in the >way of timeline stuff in AS3 as I just got Flash CS3 last week. If I >read you right, you're saying that I can't add a stop action to the end >of an AS3 Flash 9 published SWF. Well........I did, and it worked. I >made a little motion tween and put a stop action at the end, and it >stopped, as expected. I did the same for the first frame and it didn't >move. >I must be misunderstanding what you're getting at, but would really like >to know if there are any unexpected things to watch out for! >fill me in? >Thanks! >ben > >Mark Badger wrote: > >> > Hi, >> > I'm re-writing a beginning Flash class for designers. I used Movie >> > Clips so that they would just adjust to using movie clips for >> > interactivity as they move on to more complex topics. Graphic symbols >> > vs. Movie Clips would just confuse students and added a layer of >> > confusion that made life harder. >> > >> > Now in AS 3 I can't add stops to the first frame of the movie clip. No >> > big deal, but then I can't add stops to the last frame of a Movie Clip >> > either. Is the only way to stop a Movie Clip from looping is to check >> > if the last frame been reached and then stop it? This seems like an >> > overwhelming amount of thought for a newbie to grasp. And certainly >> > puts this poor teacher in tears trying to explain a conditional in the >> > second class of Flash. >> > > >_______________________________________________ >[email protected] >To change your subscription options or search the archive: >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > >Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >http://www.figleaf.com >http://training.figleaf.com t _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
