Jumping to key frames

I am trying to create a jump forward button, that will direct the user to a specific keyframe in the timeline. This is for a training CD, and the keyframes correspond to where mp3 files begin (which seperate sections). I am having a lot of trouble figuring out the easiest way to do this.

My last try was to label these key frames with a similar chain, (1, 11, 111, 1111, 11111) and the code the button to read:

gotoAndPlay(_currentframe +"1");

This is not working, as it reads the current frame number, not the frame label, and then just adds a literal one. Any ideas?

Allison

You can't frame label your frames with numbers. You can incorporate a number into it, but it cannot start with a number, or contain just numbers.

_currentframe as you found out does read the current frames numbers. So far Macromedia has not put in a way to read a frame label through AS.

Your options are a bit slim, and i'm sure I will be missing some options since i'm in a bit of a rush, but here I go.

If it's possible, you may have to hard code the button actions to go where you want.

Or (just theory, didn't test) you can store the frame labels/numbers in an array then use that. For example.....

Frame 1 actions will contain...

You will notice I start at keyframe2, this is because your movie starts playing at keyframe1, so theres no need for it in there.

Then on each keyframe you can add an which is like saying index = index+1 (increments the variable "index" by 1).

You can then use the index variable to check your array for what keyframe is coming up, then use a gotoAndPlay() to go to it. Something like...

If this doesn't help, hopefully it's a point in the right direction.