HELP PLEASE!!

I have been developing a flash MX app and when I bring it into flash MX 2004
some of the actionscript does not work as it did in flash MX. I needed to bring
the flash file into MX 2004 in order to use some of the new UI components,
however this has meant updating from actionscript 1(MX) to actionscript 2
(MX2004).

an example of the error messages i am getting...

the script: (added to a button "pubbtn" in a movie symbol "interface" which
calls the movie "slider" to go to and play frame 2)

on (release) {
_root.interface.slider.gotoAndPlay(2);

Now this works just fine under actionscript 1, however the error message sent
to the output window in MX 2004 (actionscript 2) reads:


**Error** Symbol=interface, layer=PUBBTN, frame=92:Line 2: Expected a field
name after '.' operator.
_root.interface.slider.gotoAndPlay(2);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1

I need to know if there is a different way of of scripting this in
actionscript 2, however I am a designer not a coder so simple answers only
please!!!

add an onRelease statement to a frame and reference the instance name of the
button ie:

ButtonInstanceName.onRelease = function () {
_root.interface.slider.gotoAndPlay(2);
};

This is actionscript 1 but it works in 2 as well.

hth

Mike

'interface' is a reserved work in AS2

It is probably not a good idea to publish something written with ASA1 as AS2
unless you particularly need to. Similarly, don't publish something you did
in Flash MX for Flash Player 7 unless you really need to. Don't just do it
because you can :) ... things may not work if you do !!