how buttons inside a MC go backward?

[scmk]

Hi there!

I?m programing 10 buttons inside a MC, each button moves the timeline to a
desired frame, where there's a similar set of buttons to move the timeline
forward again. Now, the question is can I move backward if I change frame 10 to
frame 1? And is it even possible to move backward? If yes, please help advise
me on the actionscript.

Currently, the successful script to move it forward is this:
on (release) {
gotoAndPlay("frame 10 of 30");
}


Thanks a lot
:)

[kglad]

to play a timeline backwards you need to initiate a loop that contains a
prevFrame() statement or its equivalent. for example:

reverseI=setInterval(reverseF,80,lastframe); // lastframe is the number of
the last frame to play
function reverseF(lastF){
prevFrame();
if(_currentframe==lastF){
clearInterval(reverseI);
}
}

[scmk]

Hi there!
Thanks for your help! I'm so sorry but I'm a newbie on actionscript so could
you advise me further to complete the code? Like for example, where I need to
put in what....like what you did for the last frame advice.....

Thanks very much!
:)
Web designer

[kglad]

the code for the function reverseF() can be attached to any frame on the
timeline that contains your buttons that you want to initiate the reverse
movieplay. the reverseI=setInterval() code should be attached to your
button(s) that will initiate the reverse play.