Waht Is A Smart Clip?
I don't understand macromedia's explination. And I couldn't find an explination here at FK.
Can I use external files to make dynamic content with in flash with a smartclip?
What are some general examples of it's use?
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Posted on: 10-12-2001, 12:22 AM
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I seem to run into this problem allot but never have the time to come up with a solid solution and wind up doing a work around with frame labels, but this time I want to do it right.
So here goes:
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In addition to this action each button needs to do something to make sure the other 4 MC's gotoAndStop("blank");.
The goal is to have only one MC playing on stage and that MC depends on what the user selects.
So what's the best way to handle this? I know there are a ton of ways to go about this but I am trying to determine the simplest, and easily scalable (adding additonal MC's & buttons).
Thanks in advance for any replies. If the above makes no sense here is "psuedo code":
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