public gotoAndPlay(frame:Object) : Void

Starts playing the SWF file at the specified frame. To specify a scene as well as a frame, use gotoAndPlay().

You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.

Parameters

frame:Object - A number representing the frame number, or a string representing the label of the frame, to which the playhead is sent.

Example

The following example uses the _framesloaded property to start a SWF file when all of the frames are loaded. If all of the frames aren't loaded, the _xscale property of the loader movie clip instance is increased proportionally to create a progress bar.

Enter the following ActionScript in Frame 1 of the Timeline:

var pctLoaded:Number = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded()/this.getBytesTotal()*100);
bar_mc._xscale = pctLoaded;

Add the following code to Frame 2:

if (this._framesloaded<this._totalframes) {
    this.gotoAndPlay(1);
} else {
    this.gotoAndStop(3);
}

Place your content on or after Frame 3. Then add the following code to Frame 3:

stop();

See also

gotoAndPlay function, play function