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Step Three: Creating the Navigator

1. Create a new Symbol: Insert > New Symbol (Ctrl F8)
2. Give it a name:navigator
3. Select: Movie Clip
4. Click: OK
5. Add this code to: Frame 1

// This function is continually called
function checkPage() {
   // Set the new page to the value of the new page loaded
   newPage = _root.page;
   // If the page variable has changed, navigate to new page
   if (oldPage != newPage) {
      // An object-oriented way of telling the
      // Content object to navigate to the new page
      // Trace(newPage);
      _root.Movie.gotoAndStop("f"+newPage);
   }
   // Set the old page number to the new page number
   oldPage = newPage;
}

6. Create a blank frame in: Frame 2
7. Return to the: Main Stage
8. Drag an Instance of the Movie Clip on the Main Stage:navigator
9. Select the Movie Clip and add this code:

// This Movie Clip checks for the next section to navigate to
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
   // Call the function inside this Movie Clip
   this.checkPage();
}