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below it to be able to navigate to another image, having problems moving to next
picture. when i click the forward button and look in the actions pane, i see a
gotoAndPlay which i think is what i need but how do i tell it to goto layer2
frame1 where my next image is?
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Keep in mind that layers are only there for your convenience in authoring the
flash movie. Flash does not use the layer as a point of reference.
You need to add a STOP action to each frame where you want the movie to stop OR
use the gotoAndStop instead of gotoAndPlay.
So ... have image #1 on frame 1 and image #2 on frame 2, etc. (they can be on
the same layer or seperate layers- that's up to you.) Flash is moving forward
through the frames, not through the layers. Hope this helps.
warren

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question, i am making two seperate flash files because i dont want the load time
to be too long. i will have my menu file load first and i already have made the
second flash movie with some other pictures. how can i "link" these two
together? i have a link for pictures and i want to hide the entire first movie
and load the second one.
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Can't help you with this one. I suggest doing a tutorial search at
www.flashkit.com
warren

my topmost layer has a picture in frame 1, with one of the forward buttons below it to be able to navigate to another image, having problems moving to next picture. when i click the forward button and look in the actions pane, i see a gotoAndPlay which i think is what i need but how do i tell it to goto layer2 frame1 where my next image is?

thanks for that info warren, i was able to get it working. another similar question, i am making two seperate flash files because i dont want the load time to be too long. i will have my menu file load first and i already have made the second flash movie with some other pictures. how can i "link" these two together? i have a link for pictures and i want to hide the entire first movie and load the second one.

thanks for the help :)