stumped on onCompleteParams [SOLVED]

[LEL]

I have this great slideshow going but I have the syntax wrong on the onCompleteParams and can't for the life of me figure it out. Its the parent that's giving me grief.

 

Any one out there that can help?

 

onCompleteParams:[parent."gointro"]

 

Thanks!

 

Lisa

[GreenSock]

Not sure which one you mean, but here are two options I see:

onCompleteParams:[parent.gointro] //if goIntro is literally the name of the object, not a String variable

onCompleteParams:[parent[gointro]] //if goIntro is a String variable

[LEL]

gointro is the name of the frame on the parent timeline.

[GreenSock]

Oh, so are you just doing a gotoAndPlay or gotoAndStop for your onComplete? If you just want to pass the name of the label, you'd do this:

 

onCompleteParams:["gointro"] 

[LEL]

but its the frame label on the parent timeline.

[GreenSock]

Doesn't matter. A label is a String. There's no need to reference its scope.

[LEL]

hrm -- ok...

 

the slideshow is in a movieClip "slideshow". when i place a frame on slideshow called gointro, it works just fine,

but when i place a frame on my stage called gointro after the last clip fades out, it never seems to hit that frame.

(i did a trace)

[GreenSock]

I don't quite follow - can you post a super-simple (basic) FLA that demonstrates the issue?

 

FYI, if you want your slideshow to gotoAndPlay("gointro") when the tween completes, you'd do:

 

TweenLite.to(mc, 1, {x:100, onComplete:slideshow.gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]});

 

(Assuming you're working in AS3)

[LEL]

I'm sorry, Jack.

 

I am working in AS3

 

My tween is in a MC called slideshow and when it completes i need it to go to the frame "gointro" on the main timeline.

 

Here's the code i'm using:

myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0, onComplete:gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]}, 6), 6);

 

Now, if I put a frame called "gointro" in the MC "slideshow", it works fine...but I need for it to go to the "gointro" frame on the main timeline.

[GreenSock]

Aha. Just scope your gotoAndPlay call.

 

myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0, onComplete:parent.gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]}, 6), 6);

[LEL]

I am getting an error when I try that:

 

1119: Access of possibly undefined property gotoAndPlay through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObjectContainer.

[GreenSock]

Just cast it as a MovieClip, like:

 

myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0, onComplete:(parent as MovieClip).gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]}, 6), 6);

[LEL]

aah ok! Thanks Jack. You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.

[LEL]

Now I'm having another problem. Its going to the new frame before the slideshow is complete.

Here's my code:

 

var fadeInClips:Array=[img01,img02,img03,img04,img05,img06,img07,img08,img09,img10,img11,img12,img13,img14];
var fadeOutClips:Array=[img01,img02,img03,img04,img05,img06,img07,img08,img09,img10,img11,img12,img13,img14];

TweenMax.allTo(fadeInClips, 0, {autoAlpha:0});//just to make them all invisible first.
var myTimeline:TimelineMax = new TimelineMax();
myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeInClips, 4, {autoAlpha:1}, 6) );
myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0, onComplete:gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]}, 6), 6);

[GreenSock]

When you do this:

 

TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0, onComplete:gotoAndPlay, onCompleteParams:["gointro"]}, 6);

 

It creates a tween for each object in the fadeOutClips array and each one of those tweens will have an onComplete of gotoAndPlay. So if there are 10 objects, that onComplete function will get called 10 times. I think what you meant to do was use the onCompleteAll parameter of TweenMax.allTo(), like this:

 

TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0}, 6, gotoAndPlay, ["gointro"]);

[LEL]

ok so now i have a trace on each image clip and its tracing the tweens so they are happening -- but all of the images are set to alpha 0.

I can't see any of the images.

[LEL]

myTimeline.insertMultiple( TweenMax.allTo(fadeOutClips, 4, {autoAlpha:0}, 6, gotoAndPlay, ["gointro"]), 6);

 

 

I got it thanks for your help -- i'm tired and obviously brain dead