I'm new to flash action script! Please help me I'm stuck!

[Blondie]

Hi there,

I'm new to Flash - and I'm trying to learn as much as possible - so I'm following a lot of online tutorials!

I stupidly followed a Flash8 tuorial and did it in CS3 - as I had a memeory lapse or something because I have read before that CS3 has a new version of action acript! But being new to all this - all action script looks gobbledy gook to me at the moment anyway - hence the learning as much as possible!

Anyway the MP3 tutorial I was doing is on here How to make a sound player with a visual equalizer that loads an external mp3 melody in Flash. Ideal for background website music that loops! Simple and easy!

Only mine doesn't work now I've built it - there's an error message when I try to view it (Ctrl+Enter) - the script used is:-

var musicPlays:Boolean = false;
var loopTune:Sound = new Sound();
loopTune.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
loopTune.start(0, 999);
musicPlays = true;
_root.musicPlayer.gotoAndStop("playing");
}
};
loopTune.loadSound("cooltune.mp3", false);
musicPlayer.playStop.onPress = function ():Void {
if (musicPlays) {
this._parent.gotoAndStop("stopped");
loopTune.stop();
musicPlays = false;
} else {
this._parent.gotoAndStop("playing");
loopTune.start(0, 999);
musicPlays = true;
}
};

Can anyone help me please?

If anyone has any ideas of where I should start to learn about FlashCS3 - that would also be helpful!

I have bought mazagines but everything is so advanced and they are not very good with instructions of how to do things!

Thanks for reading!

Blondie

XXXXX

[7Miles]

Hi,
what's the error you get ?

[askurat1]

There is no _root in as3.