Playing flash from a certain frame

Question

So I'm creating a movie clip using flash... Is there any way to start playing the movie from a certain frame (lets say frame 550) which I hit Ctrl + Enter So I don't have to watch the entire movie to test it?

gotoAndPlay(550) doesn't work.

Answer 1

did you make sure to call the gotoAndPlay(550) inside the movie clip/using the instance name

Answer 2

gotoAndPlay(550) should work, are you sure you have content on that frame for the movie to land at?

You can also use labels where you give a frame a label in the properties panel and then you can use: gotoAndPlay("labelName").

If you are using it on a button you can do:

on (release) {
  gotoAndPlay(550);
}

Check this out for more info: http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=181948