At 12:41 AM -0500 8/8/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I've got a function in a frame that I call 'switchEm' - and that frame is
>just looping (no stop, no play, just one frame in a movieclip).
>
>Can I call that function from director, ie:
>
>sprite(x).telltarget("/allbuttons")
>sprite(x).switchThem()
>sprite(x).endTellTarget()
No, drat the luck. BTW - you should use modern syntax if possible:
(sprite x).tellTarget("_root.allButtons")
>
>or do I have to use the old frame call?
>
>sprite(x).telltarget("/allbuttons")
>sprite(x).call(1)
>sprite(x).endtelltarget()
It's actually:
(sprite x).callFrame("frameLabelGoesHere")
>
>or at worst, do I have to have a root variable that said function checks
>up to?
Nope.
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