Flash :: Talk To Main Movie From A Loaded Movie?

How Does A Loaded Swf Talk Back To The Main Movie?
Hi,
I'm new to as3 and have troubles finding the right path for swfs to "talk" to one another.

In my movie, I load an swf "news.swf" into a mc called container_mc.
At one point I want to swap the "news.swf" to "ueberuns.swf" via button click in my main movie, but not directly: "news.swf" has a frame labeled "out", which builds down some elements over appr. 20 frames. In the last frame of "news.swf", I want "news.swf" to either load the next "ueberuns.swf" into that same container_mc of my main movie or have my main movie find out that "news.swf" is through with it's last frame and then throw out "news.swf" and put "ueberuns.swf" in that container_mc.

I already found out that I address "news.swf" by the following code:

if (newsLaden.content != null) {
newsLaden.content.gotoAndPlay("out");
}

where newsLaden is the Loaders name. But how do I get "news.swf" to reply?

Anyone can help? Thanks a lot!
Cheers, Karl

Attach Code

if (newsLaden.content != null) {
newsLaden.content.gotoAndPlay("out");
}

Getting External Swf To Talk To The Main Movie
hello,

i'm having bad luck with the forum today! reposting:

i have a question regarding an external swf file talking to the main movie. essentially i want a button residing on an external swf to close the swf file and then send the main movie back to a previous point in it's timeline.

i'm sure i do not have this set up in the most effective way. however currently the button points to an empty frame in the external swf. rather than actually closing it appears to no longer be there.

my main movie is organized into scenes and lables. now that the external swf is not there i want the main movie to be pointed to a specific lable in one of it's scenes.

what code would i need to add to my external swf's button? i've been looking through my reference books but can't seem to find enough information to make it work properly.

as always your help is warmly appreciated!

*thank you*

Aeluv.

Loaded Movie Clip To Talk To The Movie That Loaded It
Trying to get a loaded movie clip to talk to the movie that loaded it, but can't figure out the right ActionScript... . i'm using:

on (release) {
tellTarget ("home.swf") {
gotoAndPlay("blank");
loadMovieNum("viewer.swf", 2);

it ain;t workin, i've also tried _parent &
_root - in replace of 'home.swf' to no avail, much thanks to anyone that can help!!!

Talk To Loaded Movie
ok... i'm having burnout brain problems... i know i have done this befor....
FlashMX
I'm loadingmovie(myVid,"vid/jimmy.swf")

I can get the loaded movie to talk to the _root by using target...
_root.gotoandPlay"framer11"
but how do i get the root to talk to the loaded movie in target myVid?

thanks in advance

Bobsmo

Talk To Loaded External Movie
is it possible for a loaded movie to talk to the movie that loaded it with action script?

and if so how. i've tried using "_root" to get to the root of the main movie but it just goes to the root of the loaded movie.

any ideas would be a big help

cheers

Fozzybear

Talk To Loaded Child Movie
I am running into a problem when trying to talk to a loaded swf.

I'm loading the external movie like this:

contentHolder_mc.addChild( loader );
loader.load( new URLRequest( file ) );

When the file is fully loaded Im firing off the method below. The problem im running into is that the child movie isn't recieving my command as if there was a scope or instance name problem.

This is what I have been trying:

contentHolder_mc.nextFrame();
contentHolder_mc.loader.nextFrame();
loader.nextFrame();
contentHolder_mc.loader[file].nextFrame();
etc., nothing seems to work out.

Does anybody know how to write this method correctly?
Thanks!

[CS3] How To Talk To Dynamically Loaded Movie
hi Guys ,
I have problem in getting variable from loaded movie
Here is the problem
I have two Map movie Movie1 , Movie2
btn.onRelease = function(){
mov= this.createEmptyMovieClip("movie",this.getNextHigh estDepth() );
mov.loadMovie("Movie2.swf");
}
//Now when Movie2 is loaded when i click on btn2 in Movie2 it should give someoutput
but it is nither sending any output nor it can getvalue nither to parent clip ie Movie1 nor to Output window
The code in Movie2 is
btn2.onRelease = function(){
trace("IDs");
}
//I am working on frame 1 only no other frame

Using 'tell Target' How Can I Get A Loaded Movie To Talk To _level0?
I have a loaded movie on _level8 and I want it to be able to tell the movie in _level0 to go to a certain scene. How can this be accomplised because when ever i try using the tell target command in the movie that loads into _level8 to change scenes in _level0 it just restarts the _level0 movie at the begining scene?

Any help would be much appriciated.

Oliver Lillie

Control The Play On The Main Timeline From Within A Loaded Movie (not A Movie Clip)?
Question... I have a movie (main movie) that loads another movie (movie 2) automatically. Movie 2 contains a button that loads yet another movie (movie3). Now I’m having trouble with this next part... When movie3 loads I want "main movie" to stop where it’s at in the timeline and stop all other loaded movies until the user clicks another button where upon movie 3 will go away and "main movie" will resume. Movie 2 is like the paper clip guy in Word and movie 3 is my help movie. Therefore, it can be accessed at any point during the main movie and I don’t want to use a goTo command to jump to a frame label or scene. Does anyone have any idea how to control the play on the main timeline from within a loaded movie (not a movie clip)?

Making Loaded Movie Navigation Work On Main Movie
how do i make a movie(navigation with buttons) that has been loaded into one movie(main movie) control aspects of that movie through button actions.

for example: nav movie button making main movie go to a particular scene and load a movie in it.

Addressing The Main Movie Timeline From A Movie Loaded Via LoadMovie.
I have a clip on the main time line of a host movie that I would like to make visible when the second frame of the swf to be loaded, containing an embedded video movie clip loads.

I have this code on the video clip in the movie to be loaded:

code: onClipEvent (load) {
_root.witch_mc._visible=true;

}

Which I had hoped would have addressed the main timeline of the host movie where the targeted clip was – but no joy.

Any help please?

Calling Functions In Main Movie From An External Loaded Movie?
Hey everyone

I have a preloader function in my main movie, that I would like to be able to use in the different SWF's that I load into new levels using loadMovie....

How do I refer to this? Can anyone take a little time to explain how..

- Rune

Why Variables Of Loaded Movie Reset Within Main Movie
why variables of loaded movie reset within main movie!!!! mean when i load movie into level 1 or else (not level0)
variables like text etc of loaded movie dont display...
//
i have movie "Text" with text loaded into it:
loadVariables ("crimea.txt", _root);
in main movie when i load "Text.swf" to level0 everything is fine, but when i load it to level 1 or else text of "Text" movie doesnt display...
//
where i have a mistake or
is there a way to make it different???
your help is appreciated, thanks

Loaded Movie To Play A MovieClip In Main Movie ?
Hi all,

I am trying to get a loaded movie to play a movieClip in my main movie. The below actionscript in my loaded movie doesn't play the movieClip in my main movie.

Here is the actionscript I have on a layer of my loaded movie...

_parent.tutor.txtboxer.follow.gotoAndPlay("one");

am i correct in thinking that _parent refers to the main movie?

the movieClip (instance) follow is a child of (instance) txboxer which is a child of (instance) tutor.

_root doesn't work either...

thanks for help

sue

Scroll Bar Won't Drag When Movie Is Loaded Into Main Movie
Hi,

I have my main movie.
The content is an external .swf loaded with loadMovie();

The external 'content' has a scroll bar that works when the external content is tested on its own.

But, it doesn't work when the external content movie is loaded 'within' the main movie.

The cursor changes when over the scroll drag bar but it wont drag up or down!!!

Here is the code i have on the button that is the scroll handle:

PHP Code:

on(press){
startDrag("_root.scrollbox.bar",true,452.1,3.9,452.1,330);
}
on(release, rollOut, releaseOutside ){
stopDrag();
}

Anyone have an idea why this wouldn't work when loaded into another movie?

Thanks

Julian

How To PAUSE Main Movie, Until Target Movie Is 100% Loaded?
This is probably easy for you flash guru's, but it's driving me nuts..

I have a flash file that loads external jpeg's into a movie inside my main movie. But here's the dilema.. the jpegs might take a few seconds, and I want it to run clean, is there a way I can have it display the % loaded of an external jpeg? then once 100% is loaded it continues to another frame?

something like this? but where am I going wrong? I get no errors but I cannot get the varaible to display for % loaded, even as a dynamic text box..

if (_root.MOVIETARGET.percentLoaded=100) {
gotoAndPlay("loaded");

??

thanks!

Loaded Movie Inside Main Movie Will Not Play.
I have a main movie that plays up to a certain frame then stops. From there I have links when clicked on it loads movies using loadMovie() into an empty movie clip.

My problem is, when the only movie with animation loads, it doesn't play. I have a preloader in the first two frames, then when the movie loads it is to gotoAndPlay(3). The preloader runs and works, but when it jumps to frame 3 it doesn't play.

The movie runs fine when the swf file is opened in the flash player. Or when I test it in the flash program is works fine. I only have this problem when I load it into another movie.

Does anyone know what is causing it?

Access Variable In Main Movie From Loaded Movie
Hi there,
I have a site in which I want to load different movies like cascading windows.
In my main movie I have defined a variable "top". When I load a new window(read swf) by clicking a button, the level to which the new window is loaded is defined as _root.top+1 to make shure the new window is always on the top level. These windows are also dragable. My problem is that when more than 1 window is loaded on top of another, and i want to drag the top window, for some reason the window which was loaded first (and isn't on the top level) is being dragged. therefor I only want the windows to be draggable if they are on the top level.
I tried it by using this code:
if (this._level == _root.top)
    {
        if ((_root._xmouse < boundsd.xMax) && (_root._xmouse > boundsd.xMin) && (_root._ymouse < boundsd.yMax) && (_root._ymouse > boundsd.yMin))
        {
        startDrag(_root.venstertje,false,242,250,518,268);
        }
    }

But somehow _root.top is undefined for the window when it is loaded. So my question is if it is possible to access a variable in my main movie from a loaded movie?

regards, goaganesha

Control Function In Main Movie From Loaded Movie
I have a main movie (securityGrid) setup.  It is a form for adding and updating user information for an application.

I have a second movie (empSearch) that allows me to search the user database, so I can add a new user to the application. I want to use this movie as the default search movie in other movies

I have an empty movie clip (holdMovie) in the main movie (securityGrid) that loads (empSearch) using a on press function with a button. It also passes in parameters from (securityGrid) to tell (empSearch) what the output parameter is and that it is a movie and not an HTML call.  This part works fine.

loadMovie(empSearch + varString,_root.holdMovieMC);

After I use (empSearch) to find the person I want, I click a button to send that information back to (securityGrid).  This part does not work.  I've tried many methods of getting this work.
Set a global
  outputResults = itm.empName + "," + itm.loginId
  _global[outputVariable] = outputResults;

This works, but I can't find a way to trigger a function in (securityGrid) to unload (empSearch) and then fill in the add row form in (securityGrid).

_root.getAddUserForm(outputResults);

Does anyone have a simple example of what I am doing, so that I can possibly figure out what I am doing wrong? The movies and database are on a Intranet, so I can't post an example.

Main Movie/Loaded Movie Communications
Hi!

I'm doing a rudimentary test of loaded Movies and preloader scripts. What I'm trying to do is load a set of movies in sequence into my main movie and have a standard preloader progress bar (in the main movie) track the progress of each loaded movie in the sequence.

What I mean is I load one movie, the progress bar fills up to 100% and then goes to the next loadMovie action and the progess bar gets set to the progress of the next movie.

If you'll look at this, I've was able to get the progress bar to work with the first loaded movie, but when I tried to set the xscale of the progress bar to equal the progress of the next loaded movie, it doesn't work:

http://www.samuelnau.com/receiver.swf

Here's the setup:

I made two movies with identical preloading scripts, and a large JPG image on the "loaded" frame so I can get a good preloader test. These are the movies I am loading into the main movie. They are called "transmitter.swf" and "transmitter2.swf".

I set these movies up to have their own preloaders, just to make sure that they were working properly on their own.

Anyway those don't seem to be the problem, I think. They work fine on their own. They preload just like they should. But tthe main movie somehow misses the script that changes the _xscale of the preloader to the progress of the second loaded movie.

It's checking for a varible called "message" which gets set equal to the value of a variable called "progress" in my loaded movies. The first movie works. "Message" gets set to the value of "progress" in "transmitter.swf".

But for "transmitter2.swf" when the main movie supposed to wait until "transmitter2.swf" is fully loaded before it goes to the last frame, it goes ahead before it's loaded.

You know when it's hit the last frame when you see the words "it's a go".

Anyway, I know that's pretty convoluted, but if it made any sense or you need more info I'll try to clarify some more.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

-EC

Loaded Movie Controlling Main Movie?
Hey, I was hoping you guys could help me out here. I have a movie that loads another movie into it in _level3. In the movie that loads, theres a button that supposed to make the main movie goto Scene 1. I can't get it to work. I tried this and its not working...

Code:
on (release) {
_level0.gotoAndPlay("Scene 1");
}

I've also tried...

Code:
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay("Scene 1");
}

It doesnt work though... What am I doing wrong?
Thanks...

Positioning Loaded Movie In Main Movie?HOW?
I want to load a movie in my main movie.
The movie I load is smaller (stagesize) than the movie where its loaded in. Who do I give X and Y coordinates?

Thanks lootz,
Petra

Action Between A Loaded Movie And The Main Movie
Hi, i have some problemes to get a target.
So that is the problem :-)
I have my main movie clip (movie1) and i load a movie inside with "loadmovie"(movie2)
i have a button in "movie2" and when i clic on it, i want to do an action in the first movie (to go in a frame label)
Somebody can tell my what is the target path that i have to use to do an action from a loadead movie in the main?
Thanks :-) and good work

Sound Off On Main Movie When Movie Loaded
Im trying to find out if I can tell the main movie (level0) to be silent whenever an external movie is loaded. The only sound is an event sound in a looping mc that runs in the main moive which continues to play in the background while other movies are loded and unloded over top. it would be ideal to have the loaded movies to tell the main movie or even just the Mc to shut up while I'm playing then make noise agin when im closed.

If that can't be done I would at least like the mc in question to play the sound only for a few loops then stop perminently. Can this be done?

Thanks for any help!!
James

Sound Off On Main Movie With Movie Loaded
Im trying to see how to get a loaded movie to make my main movie be silent. Here are the details

mainMovie has a MC(sndMC) that is say 100 frames long. As it loops it has a quick bang sound that plays on frame 70 and again on 80.

sndMC loops forever and is always playing on mainMovie.

This is the only sound in mainMovie.

Now can i make loaded movie, mov2, tell mainMovie to be silent, or have it tell sndMC itself to be quiet?

Or MAybe This: Can the sound effect be an MC(sndFx_mc) that has the sound on frame 2 with a gotoAndStop(1).
It could sit on frame 1 and sndMC could call it to nextFrame. this would work. Then heres the idea. have frames 3 and 4 have the same
code (stop and gotoAndStop(3)) but frame 4 does not have a sound. So when mov2 loads it tells sndFx_mc to gotoAndStop(3). Now sndMc will call it to nextFrame all it wants and it will not make noise. Then the mov2 unload button can also tell sndFx_mc to gotoAndStop(1) again and its back to making noise.

What do you think?

james

Loaded Movie Clip To Main Movie
Hello,

Need some help

I load an external movie clip on LEVEL 1 which has a buton that unloads that same external movie clip and then goes back to the main movie but plays a different FRAME LABEL.

Can;t seem to make it work.

Using this code:

on (release) {
unloadMovieNum(1);
gotoAndPlay("start_classes");
}

I know I can save myself the research by just placing the button on the main movie, but I would like to know how I can do this from the external movie clip.
THE CODE ABOVE WORKS IF BUTTON IS PLACED ON MAIN MOVIE CLIP.

NOTE: The main movie loads, there is a button that loads the external movie clip on LEVEL 1 which has a button that unloads itself to go back to the main movie but play a different FRAME LABEL.

I just wrote the extra note just in case i confused anyone lol

I tried some _root scripts, but since i am pretty new i get a bit lost

please help,

Thanks in advance.

Loo

Action From A Loaded Movie To The Main Movie
hi i have a main file whit loads external swf with the createEmptyMovieClip function. the loaded movie unloads as an frame action this.unloadMovie...
and wroks fine, BUT how do i get the main movie to step one frame backwards at det sametime (my main movie has onl 2 frames and jumps to frame 2 as the swf¨s are loaded ino the emptymovieclip)

?

please

Refering To The MAIN Movie, From The Ext Loaded Movie?
Umm...lets see..

Code:
_root.emptycontainer.loadMovie(_root.currSubMovie+".swf");
}
got this code in last frame of externally loaded swf. I am using the tut from kirupa.com about the transitions of ext loaded swfs.

I have a MAIN movie with a nice menu. When i press a button in that menu, it attaches a movie (not external) and brings up the sub menu. In that sub Menu, i have bunch of buttons which load external swfs in an emptycontainer(on _root. timeline) movie clip. Now as you see above, there is this code on the last frame of externally loaded swf (when the outro transition is over).

Now here is the problem, when i press a button on the MAIN MENU, i need the swf to do the OUTRO transition and Do not load any other movies....So, i made a condition on the last frame of ext. loaded swf...

Code:
if (_root.currMovie == "submenu_mc") {
_root.emptycontainer.loadMovie(_root.currSubMovie+".swf");
}
// this code is on the last frame of the externally loaded swf.
But not working .. i want the condition _root.currMovie == "submenu_mc" to work...but its not working ... got any ideas?

Having A Loaded Movie Clip Talk To Another Movie Clip
Here's what I want to do:

Load a clip into my main movie - "loadedMovie"

at the end of the timeline in "loadedMovie" i want a function, perhaps setColor, which will change the colour of another movie clip which sits in the main movie.

Does this make sense? for a loaded movie clip to change the color of an instance of another movie?

Many thanks,

Ray

How Do I Know If A Movie Has Loaded Into My Main Movie?
There are two movies, one on the computer (projector), and one on the internet (simple movie).
How can the projector know when the movie has loaded in to it?

This is very important, please help me...

Go To And Play (loaded *.swf --> Main Movie)
I loaded the file "button.swf" in my main movie "main.swf". Now I want to give an command from the loaded button.swf to my main.swf:

goto and play (nextscene)in the main movie

Is this possible?
Greetings TB

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++
-->Play my online-game "ON ICE" http://www.flash-games.tk
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++

Having The Main Movie React To A Swf Being Loaded...
On the main movie there is a menu that I want to trasform after the viewer selects an option. The menu should transform into a 'now loding' image and text until the other swf being loaded into an empty movieclip After the second file finishes its loading, the menu transforms from a loading screen into a new menu with text buttons only... Heh...Get the idea?

[MX] Loaded Swf's Effecting My Main Movie
I have transistions that work. They are from the kirupa tutorial.

on (release) {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = "banners";
container.loadMovie("banners.swf");
} else if (_root.currMovie != "banners") {
if (container._currentframe>=container.midframe) {
_root.currMovie = "banners";
container.play();
}
}
}

Then my swfs have

midframe = 75; at the begining

_root.container.loadMovie(_root.currMovie+".swf"); at the end

It all works fine untill I do something to the loaded swf.

For example my loaded swf's are scrolling galleries.

When I click the buttons in my main movie one after the other transitions work fine.
If I load one swf then activate the scroll with my mouse the transitions stop working.

Why is this?

Is it something to do with the _root changing when the swf is loaded?

Please help

Loaded .swf And Main Movie Control
hey guys simple question needing answered

i have a flash file where the .swf files load in on to the stage (this works fine). but basically what i need to know would be how to edit the follwing code so that when a button is press in the loaded .swf it will go to a certain frame on the main flash file

if (Username_txt.text == "admin") {
gotoAndStop("admin_page");
}

i've tried adding _root, _parent to the start but that doesnt work is there any other code i should try

thanks in advance

Loaded Movie Controlling Main?
Im making a wee tutorial as part of a computing project and i wanted to know if a movie loaded into either an MC or _root can control the main movie, i.e. a button in the loaded movie that will advance the main movie one frame.

anyone know if this is possible?

Interaction Between Main And Loaded Movie
Hey guys. You have all surely been doing this a long time now, so you probably encountered this question many times. I have to make this project in flash for my university. It's like a full flash site with four links. I want to use a loadMovie action to load the 4 different pages on top of the main menu. The first question is:
Is it possible to have a BACK button on the loaded movie which tells my main movie to go at a certain frame when the pressed and right after that just unload itself if necessary? If so, then with what function or action ... it would be just great if i can do that, i would've solved all my problems. Then comes the second issue... if i have a volume slider in my main movie and i don't use loadMovie() but just jump to another scene or frame, would all the values of the volume in the main scene change themselves as i jump to another scene? I'm just afraid that if i load the whole navigation once more the volume slider would change it's position to default.
I'll be very greatful if you could share some of your experience with me. Thanks and i hope hearing from you.

Loaded SWF Calling Main Movie
Hi,

I've got a loaded SWF that I want to be able to comnunicate to the base movie.

Can someone help me out?

Cheers

Getting Variables From Main Movie To Loaded?
hi!!
can't get vars.

1. Load main movie vith vars x=y&a=b..
2. To the main movie timeline load child movie using var x..

ActionScript Code:
loadMovieNum(+this.x+".swf", 1);

3. In loaded child movie loading its internal movie with menu, where I need to get var "a" to specify correct links..
If it is main internal movie, the code will look like:

ActionScript Code:
getURL(_root.a+"blablabla/");

But with what to replace _root I dont know..
_parent - does not work.. _parent.parent ? not..

how to get vars to loaded movie from main?

Here is a sketch, what is a situation..

thanks!

Loading Movie Into Main Timeline From Movie Clip Within Main Movie
Hi there,

I'm having major difficulties loading external SWF's into my main movie. The button actions are in a movie clip within the main movie. I've used the following AS to load in my external SWF files on higher levels:-

mybutton_bn.onRelease {
loadMovieNum("two.swf",1);
unloadMovieNum(2);
unloadMovieNum(3);
unloadMovieNum(4);
unloadMovieNum(5);
}

Similarly, my external text files are not loading!

myLoadVars = new LoadVars();
myLoadVars.onLoad = function() {
my_txt.htmlText = myLoadVars.myHTMLdata;
}
myLoadVars.load("textfile.txt");

All works fine until I upload to the server. It's really driving my around the bend. Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

Many thanks

Q.

Loading A Movie From A Movie On Main Timeline, To A Specific Frame On Main Time Line
I need help loading a movie from a button in a movie on the main timeline. To a specific frame on the main timeline.
i.e. I have a navigation movie, in it is a load of buttons. I want to load separate movies to a blank movie on a specific frame on the main timeline.
I guess I am having target problems, I can load the movie in the main timeline, but not the frame i want it or the the blank movie in that frame.

Can I Target The Main Timeline From A Loaded Movie?
So...I load a swf into the main timeline. How can I target the main movie when the loaded swf is finished? Is this possible...and if so how do I do it?

Thanks.

Playing The Main Timeline From An Loaded Movie.....?
Hi all, I have a simple question, In the main Scene in a frame I have a action:

Stop
Load Movie ("graficooo.swf", "porttarget2")

After, the movie open and play... but in the end I need to put a action that unload the movie
(Stop // Unload Movie ("../porttarget2")
and play the timeline of the scene..... What is the correctelly action ???

Thankx

Loffi

Want To Animate Two Loaded Movies In Main Movie
want to rotate 2 loaded movies in main movie in countinous circulating motion.
like moon revolves around the earth on a fixed path.

i have tried to use _rotation property but.......

plzzzz help me

Positioning External Loaded .swf Into The Main Movie Plz Help :)
Hey, i was wondering how i can position my external file in the mainmovie where i want it cause at the moment it has loaded at the bottom how can i control where it loads 2 on the movie????

any help??
thanks in advanced

Help Targeting Main Timeline From Loaded Movie
How do you target the main timeline from a movie loaded to level1?

I’ve tried things like the fallowing without success.

_root.gotoAndPlay(2)

_parent.gotoAndPlay(2)

_level0.gotoAndPlay(2)

please help,
S

Load A Image In MC From A Swf Loaded Into Main Movie
Hi there,

I know that somewhere on this forum this has been discussed but I cannot seem to debug this.

I have a main movie.

In the main movie there is a MC, istance name "product_line"

In "product_line" there is a image holder MC, istance name "image_clip_image" and a second MC holder, istance name "load_construct_pl" . The second MC loads a "atea.swf" into it. In the atea.swf there are 3 buttons. I want the buttons to be able to load images into "image_clip_image" . Well I cant seem to figure it out.

Help thanks