I Can Call A Sound From The Libary (useful Technique), Can I Do The Same W/ A Movie?
Can you use code and the Linkage for action script to pull a movie or graphic right from the libary, and have it appear in your movie?
It works with sounds, but I can't seems to get results w/ movies.
I use code to generate sounds on the fly, from the library.
After selecting "Linkage" from the libary and naming the file "bark" the following script pulls the sound right from the libary and it plays. So, I never have to deal w/ inserting these types of sounds.
on (release) {
mySound = new Sound(this);
mySound.attachSound("bark");
mySound.start();
}
By the way, "bark" could also be a variable, making this technique very useful.
QUESTION: Can you do something similar w/ a movie clip?
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Posted on: 09-13-2002, 01:59 PM
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