FN-FORUM: Flash MX

date posted 16th June 2003 16:43

Hi all.

Need some specific help with some fairly basic Flash.
Tom gave me some advice (below) previously but it's still to complicated.

Basically I'm wondering how to LOAD a Movie into another movie when you
click a button.
In other words I have a flash movie and when I click a button in it, I want
a flash movie to load into a designated area and play (a bit like having a
movie clip start).

My flash is working as follows:
Scene 1 > Preloader Movie clip > 'Main' movie clip
'Main' movie clip contains page design with buttons linking to 6 'section'
clips (about, contact etc) at 5 frame intervals.
Instead of having these 5 m.clips within the 'Main' Movie I'd like them to
load from a button click into the whole scene (not over it, but integrated
with it).
Trouble is, I am a rank amateur so I need some detailed help.

I know you guys are all busy but if anyone has the time to respond with help
or links to a tutorial I'd be super delighted.

Tom's advice was:
"make a container for movie to be loaded into:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
then just do:
container.loadMovie("mySWF.swf");..."

But I'm not sure where to type this into, is it in a blank keyframe in Scene
1?

Thanks in advance for any help offered.
Justin




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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
Behalf Of Tom Rhodes
Sent: 15 June 2003 16:28
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Flash MX


okey dokey,

first make yourself a container for the movie to be loaded into, something
like...

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);

this creates a movie clip attached to the _root of your main movie at a
depth of 1. if you don;t want it on the _root, then just change the path.

then just do this.

container.loadMovie("mySWF.swf");

you can then control that movie exactly as you woudl control any other movie
clip.

hth,

tom.

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi.
> Hope everyone had a great weekend.
>
> Just doing some Flash work in MX.
>
> Wondering how to LOAD a Movie into another movie when you click a
> button? In other words I have a flash movie and when I click a button
> in it, I want a flash movie to load into a designated area and play
> (a bit like having a movie clip start).
> Is this possible?
> How do I do it?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help offered.
>
> Justin
>
>
> ***********************
> Justin Goring
> Designer
> Lightsurgery
>
> Mobile: +4478 6678 2262
> E-Mail: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Website: www.lightsurgery.co.uk
>
>
>
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