linking scenes with text?

[xade]

is it possible to link scenes just using text? I was going to use << and >> in
the place of an actual button. Anyone know how to do it easily? I tried
converting the >>s into symbols but I can't get it to load the second scene
with the action script

goScene_btn.onRelease = function (){
gotoAndStop("Scene 2", 1);
};

any help will be greatly appreciated.

[nardove]

try this
place a button in Scene 1 with this action

on(release){
gotoAndStop("frame_Scene_2");
}

And name the "first frame" in Scene 2 -> frame_Scene_2

[xade]

ok, figured out a little bit more stuff with Flash MX s now I can make the text
a button (by converting to a symbol) but when I test the movie, this comes up
in the error message thing.

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear
within on handler
goScene_btn.onRelease = function (){

**Error** Scene=Scene 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear
within on handler
goScene_btn.onRelease = function (){

unsure of how to name frames (can only seem to name layers for some reason) so
I wasn't able to get your way working.

[exor?]

here is how it work

gotoAndPlay("sceneName", "frame");

example

gotoAndPlay("nextFrame", 1);

[xade]

tried it your way, at one point I took out stop(); commands out of the action
layer (what I learned from the Macromedia Tutorials in Flash MX 2004) and it
would flip scene 1 and scene 2 back and forth in a loop. Put stop(); back in
and my button has the link cursor on it, but when you click it it does nothing.

still getting

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear
within on handler
goScene_btn.onRelease = function (){

**Error** Scene=Scene 2, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear
within on handler
goScene_btn.onRelease = function (){

sorry about the trouble

[xade]

ok, got the links to work but here is the new issue with it, my two buttons are
<< Back and Forward >>. Well, in order for it to activate the Back link, you
have to click the lower part of the letter 'c'. For the Forward link, you have
to click the space right after the final '>'. How do I expand it to where you
can click anywhere within the button and it works?

[Laiverd.COM]

Check manaul on creating buttons. You're interested in the hitstate part.

John

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