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=D ok after a little tweaking and poking around i finally sorted it out.
lol thanks for having patience while i worked this one out XD
..submitting to gallery now =) – JMKit, on June 16, 2009 19:14

aah ok so the value sets up the word 'character' to translate to the name that the user selects..

so does that - gotoAndPlay(_root.character); need to be on every frame, or just the first keyframe..

and do the value names need to be like "jinx" "minx" or do i need to say 'gotoAndPlay(_root."character"); – JMKit, on June 16, 2009 18:38

ok well as far as I know I've done all the steps, see pic : http://jmkit.com/hosted/pic1.png
but it still doesn't go to the frame as stated, I've double checked the frame labels etc so i'm not sure what's missing, unless you can point something out that i've done wrong with the settings, or that i've missed some action script inside the movie.. – JMKit, on June 06, 2009 23:39

ok so, i've put all the characters in one fla document..
there's 8 frames each with their own label (corresponding to the character's name) I'm setting up the widget with a drop down box, here's where i'm getting stuck..
do i need to add aditional action script to my movie to make this work (looking at the example i added
'Security.allowDomain('*');
if(wbx_softkey == null){
wbx_softkey = "false";
}
..what do i need as a Param name, do i set my own or is there a specific name for changing frames (which is all i need it to do)
what is the flash mode i need, 'plugin' 'var' or 'string'
and finaly for the menu choices in the value section, can i just put 'gotoAndPlay("name");'

hopefully i'm close to getting this sorted.. and once i get the hang of it i'll be able to do more, without trouble in future.. thanks again! – JMKit, on June 04, 2009 19:09

hey, thanks for getting back so soon,
I haven't done this before, could you describe a little more what you mean by 'look for that parameter name in your flash file and use the value you receive to jump to a frame in your movie.'
the idea is i'd have a drop down box with character names (i see how to create those) but what would i need to make sure it jumps to the frame label, is it action script code or something else? – JMKit, on June 04, 2009 01:09

Ok thanks Dave,

Looking forward to seeing what else is coming