Loading External Movie Content
Hey, I need some information on how to load an external swf file into an existing movie with the click of a button.
I'll try and make that sound a bit clearer. Basically when you have a website with frames you can click links and the content is told to load in a target frame. Thats basically what i want to do in flash. If anyone could throw some information my way i'd be greatful.
Thanks
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Posted on: 08-27-2002, 03:05 PM
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External Content Loader With Multiple Content Types (trouble Loading Graphics)
Hey all!
I am yet another new project. Our flash designer here isn't a big AS guy, and asked me to write a reusable class so that he can load a variety of content types using minimal amount of code on his part. It's also going to be the main component piece in a larger external content player once I'm done with the class itself, so I am making the loading functions into public methods of the loader object than can be called from a button, etc.
I have the code for the text and html parts working (although I can't get stage.width and stage.height to work in the class or from the frame).
The problem I have is that I can't get the graphics content to load (the swf/pic content). Could you please check my code and tell me what I'm missing? I'm sure it's something simple, like it always is.
thanks a million!
-Fish
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ActionScript Code:
package
{
/**
* External Multimedia Loader Class
* @author $(DefaultUser)
* Add new MultiLoader object and insert media type (all lowercase) and object path to control initial loaded object
* To load a new object, call the MultiLoader.load* methods (loadText, loadPic, loadSwf, or loadHtml as appropriate), passing the path to the external file.
*/
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import fl.transitions.*;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.text.TextField;
public class MultiLoader extends MovieClip
{
private var media:String;
private var path:String;
public var textObj:TextField = new TextField;
public var picObj:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
public var swfObj:MovieClip = new MovieClip;
public var htmlObj:TextField = new TextField;
private var objLoader:Loader = new Loader();
private var objType:String;
private var textLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
public function MultiLoader(mediaType:String,objPath:String)
{
media = mediaType;
path = objPath;
if (media == "text" || media == "TEXT" || media == "Text")
{
loadText(objPath);
}
else if (media == "pic" || media == "PIC" || media == "Pic")
{
loadPic(objPath);
}
else if (media == "swf" || media == "SWF" || media == "Swf")
{
loadSwf(objPath);
}
else if (media == "html" || media == "HTML" || media == "Html")
{
loadHtml(objPath);
}
else
{
trace("ERROR: Media type not supported. Media type must be 'text', 'pic', 'swf', or 'html'.");
}
}
public function loadText(txtPath):void
{
objType = "text";
if (this.numChildren > 0)
{
this.removeAllChildren();
}
this.addChild(textObj);
this.textLoader.load(new URLRequest(txtPath));
this.textObj.wordWrap = true;
this.textObj.multiline = true;
this.textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addTextContent);
//this.textObj.width = this.width;
//this.textObj.height = this.height;
}
public function loadPic(picPath):void
{
trace("loadPic started");
objType = "pic";
if (this.numChildren > 0)
{
this.removeAllChildren();
}
this.addChild(picObj);
this.objLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addObjLoader);
this.objLoader.load(new URLRequest(picPath));
trace("loadPic completed");
}
public function loadSwf(swfPath):void
{
trace("loadSwf started");
objType = "swf";
if (this.numChildren > 0)
{
this.removeAllChildren();
}
this.addChild(swfObj);
this.objLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addObjLoader);
this.objLoader.load(new URLRequest(swfPath));
trace("loadSwf completed");
}
public function loadHtml(htmlPath):void
{
objType = "html";
if (this.numChildren > 0)
{
this.removeAllChildren();
}
this.addChild(htmlObj);
this.textLoader.load(new URLRequest(htmlPath));
this.htmlObj.wordWrap = true;
this.htmlObj.multiline = true;
this.textLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addTextContent);
}
private function removeAllChildren():void
{
if (objType == "pic")
{
this.picObj.removeChild(objLoader);
}
else if (objType== "swf")
{
this.swfObj.removeChild(objLoader);
}
else
{
trace("objType != 'pic' or 'swf.' objType = '" + objType + "'.");
}
while ( this.numChildren > 0 )
{
this.removeChildAt(0);
}
}
private function addObjLoader(event:Event):void
{
trace("addObjLoader started");
if (objType == "pic")
{
trace("trying to load pic");
this.picObj.addChild(this.objLoader);
this.picObj.objLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addObjLoader);
}
else if (objType== "swf")
{
trace("trying to load swf");
this.swfObj.addChild(this.objLoader);
this.swfObj.objLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addObjLoader);
}
else
{
trace("ERROR: Cannot add object loader. The 'objType' variable does not contain correct media type. The function 'addObjLoader' should only be called when objType is 'pic' or 'swf'. In this case, objType is '" + objType + "' .");
}
trace("addObjLoader completed");
}
private function addTextContent(event:Event):void
{
if (objType == "text")
{
this.textObj.text = event.target.data as String;
this.textLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addTextContent);
}
else if (objType == "html")
{
this.htmlObj.htmlText = event.target.data as String;
this.textLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addTextContent);
}
else
{
trace("ERROR: Cannot add text content. The 'objType' variable does not contain correct media type. The function 'addTextContent' should only be called when objType is 'text' or 'html'. In this case, objType is '" + objType + "' .");
}
}
}
}
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Code:
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var mclListener:Object = new Object();
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var Image1:String = "images/flash/play_9.jpg";
var Image2:String = "images/flash/play_ace.jpg";
var smimg1:String = "images/flash/play_img1.jpg";
var smimg2:String = "images/flash/play_img2.jpg";
var smimg3:String = "images/flash/play_img3.jpg";
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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var bg_img:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("bg", 50);
var bg_img2:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("bg2", 49);
var small1:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("sm1", 20);
var small2:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("sm2", 30);
var small3:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("sm3", 40);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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//back_screen.lineTo(800,268);
//back_screen.lineTo(0,268);
//back_screen.lineTo(0,0);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//back_screen._alpha = 0;
bg_img._alpha = 0;
bg_img2._alpha = 0;
small1._alpha = 0;
small2._alpha = 0;
small3._alpha = 0;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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loaded.loadClip(Image2,bg_img2);
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loaded.loadClip(smimg2,small2);
loaded.loadClip(smimg3,small3);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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small3._x = 508;
small1.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._alpha += 2;
if (this._alpha>=100) {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
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three_sat = setInterval(fading_up1, 5000);
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}
};
}
};
}
function fading_up1() {
fading_up_last = setInterval(fading_up2, 10);
clearInterval(three_sat);
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bg_img._alpha++;
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curr_image = "9";
switching = setInterval(switch_pics, 10000);
}
}
function fading_up3() {
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if (bg_img._alpha<=0) {
clearInterval(fading_up_last);
curr_image = "a";
}
}
function switch_pics() {
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}
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fading_up_last = setInterval(fading_up2, 20);
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};
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this is the layout:
_______________________________________________
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. Header
.
_______________________________________________
.
.
. Content
.
.
_______________________________________________
. Footer
_______________________________________________
I want to have a main swf with the header and layout and all and I only want the content part to load in and out. So how would I set it up so when a button is clicked in the navigation, it plays animation of the current content part of the page unloading and then loads the swf of the page that was clicked? I hope what I said makes sence.
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(It would be great if i could format it with html code, is this possible)
I have the following code on frame 1 (Thanks to "nebrekab")
Code:
// array of button names
var btn_arr:Array = ["email","contact"];
// vars to be used in for loop
var i:Number, btn:MovieClip;
// loop array of buttons
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// get ref to each button movieclip
btn = dottedPlants_mc[ btn_arr[ i ] + "Ani_mc" ];
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btn.name = btn_arr[i];
// give button roll over effect
btn.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay("shake");
}
// give button roll out effect
btn.onRollOut = function() {
this.gotoAndPlay("start");
}
// give on release method
btn.onRelease = function() {
trace( this.name + " clicked");
}
}
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Code:
btn.onRelease = function() {
cont = this.name + ".txt";
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}
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I have the following code (sourced from the adobe website)
Code:
this.createTextField("my_txt", 10, 10, 10, 320, 100);
my_txt.autoSize = "left";
my_txt.border = true;
my_txt.multiline = true;
my_txt.wordWrap = true;
var envirText_lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
envirText_lv.onData = function (src:String):Void {
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my_txt.text = src;
} else {
my_txt.text = "Unable to load external file.";
}
}
lorem_lv.load(cont);
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when i put the code from the container frame to the frame 1
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so far so good.
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Mojokin
Loading Content Into Movie Clips
sorry to ask this question again, but i didnt receive clarification on this question. i have buttons(pictures with the GotoWebpage Behaviour) on the side of my website. however, i want to load the HTML pages into a movie clip or Window content inside an actual .fla?
can anyone tell me a quickfire way to do this please??
many thanks in advance.
Loading A New Movie In The Current Content Loader
Hello..I've done a search to the best of my ability but can't seem to find exactly how solve this problem. I'm quite the beginner and just purchased the book How to Wow with Flash and have followed the steps to create "shell-based navigation" for my website.
Here is the link to the website: http://erc.southern.edu
I have a template page with several permanent links that load the various sub-pages using a content loader movie(which I named cloader_mc). For example, for the DVDs link, here is the script I am using:
dvds.onRelease = function(){
cloader_mc.loadMovie("dvds/dvds.swf");
}
This works beautifully, but I don't know how to make new links in the dvds.swf movie load in the same "frame". When I make a link, it displays the movie in completely replaces the entire site. Basically, I need links in my subpages to point to the very same content loader that they themselves are nested in.
From searching, I know I have to point to the parent first or something like that but I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be awesome!
P.S.--to be more specific, I have another swf in the dvds folder named ERCTestimonial.swf that I want to link to from the the initial dvds subpage.
Loading A New Movie In The Current Content Loader
Hello..I've done a search to the best of my ability but can't seem to find exactly how solve this problem. I'm quite the beginner and just purchased the book How to Wow with Flash and have followed the steps to create "shell-based navigation" for my website.
Here is the link to the website: http://erc.southern.edu
I have a template page with several permanent links that load the various sub-pages using a content loader movie(which I named cloader_mc). For example, for the DVDs link, here is the script I am using:
dvds.onRelease = function(){
cloader_mc.loadMovie("dvds/dvds.swf");
}
This works beautifully, but I don't know how to make new links in the dvds.swf movie load in the same "frame". When I make a link, it displays the movie in completely replaces the entire site. Basically, I need links in my subpages to point to the very same content loader that they themselves are nested in.
From searching, I know I have to point to the parent first or something like that but I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be awesome!
P.S.--to be more specific, I have another swf in the dvds folder named ERCTestimonial.swf that I want to link to from the the initial dvds subpage.
Loading A New Movie In The Current Content Loader
Hello..I've done a search to the best of my ability but can't seem to find exactly how solve this problem. I'm quite the beginner and just purchased the book How to Wow with Flash and have followed the steps to create "shell-based navigation" for my website.
Here is the link to the website: http://erc.southern.edu
I have a template page with several permanent links that load the various sub-pages using a content loader movie(which I named cloader_mc). For example, for the DVDs link, here is the script I am using:
dvds.onRelease = function(){
cloader_mc.loadMovie("dvds/dvds.swf");
}
This works beautifully, but I don't know how to make new links in the dvds.swf movie load in the same "frame". When I make a link, it displays the movie in completely replaces the entire site. Basically, I need links in my subpages to point to the very same content loader that they themselves are nested in.
From searching, I know I have to point to the parent first or something like that but I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be awesome!
P.S.--to be more specific, I have another swf in the dvds folder named ERCTestimonial.swf that I want to link to from the the initial dvds subpage.
Hiding/Masking Off-stage Content (external Content)
Hi,
I'm loading an image gallery into another movie. The image gallery itself uses XML to generate a row of thumbnails dynamically. In it's own player, this is fine, but when loaded into the larger movie, the row of thumbnails extends far beyond the container clip.
I've set the size of the container clip with an onLoad function, but I have no idea how to appropriately mask it so there is no spillover. Using a mask in the gallery clip doesn't work because the gallery is 100% scripted (unless I'm missing something terribly basic).
Is there a general method to use, aside from creating infinitely large opaque boundaries around the stage?
Thanks for any tips or insight!
Loading A Frame In _root And Also Loading An External Movie Problems.
First of all, hello everyone and nice to meet you
I have been hacking at a problem for a couple of days now and I am in need of help to solve it. Please excuse my noobishness, but I have a lot to learn when it comes to flash.
Here is my scenario:
I have my main movie (_root)
In the actions layer of my main movie I have:
Code:
this._lockroot = true;
I have a button that loads a new external movie at the end of which I want to load a particular frame in the main movie. I call this from the external movie:
Code:
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(610);
}
Everything up to here works brilliantly....But my problem arises when I also try to load an external movie onto level 5 at the same time as I am instructing the main movie to play frame 610 from an external movie. I want the external movie to call frame 610 in main, and also load a new external movie on level 5 in the main movie. I have tried about every way of loading movies that I can think of but I can never get the external movie to load along with frame 610 of the main movie. I even tried _root.loadMovieNum("myexternalmovie",5) right after my first root call, like this:
Code:
on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay(610);
_root.loadMovieNum("myexternalmovie",5)
}
Is that possible or do I have to approach this entirely differently? Thanks for any responses
Help Problems Loading External Text And Loading The Movie Into The Explorer
Hola a todos!
I have some troubles with my movies. I'll explain.
(Sorry for my poor English - I'm Spanish!)
I'm developing a website for a Real State Agency in Spain. My idea is make it enterely with Flash, but It's the first time I face Flash. I've found in the tutorials of kirupa.com the greatest help! But, still that, I need more help!
My first problem comes when loading the .swf into the explorer. I made a simple .html file that calls the .swf file to be loaded. The explorer says it's loaded, but I have to press the "Reload" button to see the movie. Can you say me why?!!!!
My second problem... well. I'll need a few minuts to explain it!
I have created a main scene. Inside the main scene I load the movies of the different sections of the site. This new movies loaded onto the main movie contain texts from external .txt files. There's no problem with the texts that are just a few words, as in the section "Acerca de". But when I need a bar to show the whole text I find that the bar doesn't work in the first time that the movie is loaded, and you have to click again in the section to access the whole text, I mean, to make the bar work. Have I explain myself?
Well. I think you should visit the site to see my problems.
Is this: http://www.wk-inmobiliaria.com/FLASH
This website is, of course, incomplete. I'm still working on it.
Could someone help me????
---- Help me Obi Wan: You're my only hope!!!!
Thanks a Lot.
Raul.
Loading An External Movie Through An External Movie To The Main Movie
I hope I can explain this well enough for someone to understand.....Here it goes
I am creating a full site in flash. The main movie has an empty movie clip in the middle of the movie to load external movies as the user clicks on the links. Everything has worked good so far as the linking has only gone 1 level deep. However, when I created a new external movie, and had buttons on it for another external page, but yet to open in the main movie, I can't get anything to work. Example.... In the main movie, the user clicks on the archive link, and the external archive movie is loaded into the main movie. Now, on this archive movie, there is a button on it that links to a another movie (say text effects.swf). However, when they click this button for text effects, I can't get it to load into the main movie clip and replace the archive movie that was currenlty there. Can anyone help me figure out how I need to go about doing this?
I hope I have been pretty clear on my problem. You can always visit www.davidgreer.home.dixie-net.com to see the movie and how it works. I can always post the .fla if I need to.
If anyone can help, please let me know. Thanks.
Loading An External Movie Inside An External Movie?
This is my problem.
First my nav buttons load an external movie to a container movieclip. However in this loaded movie I am using another container to load in other movieclips (I am loading a movie in turn that movie contains buttons which loads in other movies to another container in that movie).
I'm using the following code on the buttons -
on (release){
_root.container.loadMovie("test.swf");
}
however when I click on the button in the movie clip it just goes white. Is my code wrong? Can you only load one movieclip using containers? I know I've explained it very complicated.
1. I click a button.
2. That button loads an external file to a container.
3. In that external file there is another button, when clicked loads another external file into it using another container.
Please someone help!!!
Loading An External Movie Inside An External Movie?
This is my problem.
First my nav buttons load an external movie to a container movieclip. However in this loaded movie I am using another container to load in other movieclips (I am loading a movie in turn that movie contains buttons which loads in other movies to another container in that movie).
I'm using the following code on the buttons -
on (release){
_root.container.loadMovie("test.swf");
}
however when I click on the button in the movie clip it just goes white. Is my code wrong? Can you only load one movieclip using containers? I know I've explained it very complicated.
1. I click a button.
2. That button loads an external file to a container.
3. In that external file there is another button, when clicked loads another external file into it using another container.
Please someone help!!!
Loading External Images Loading Bar (Movie Clip)
I have managed to have external images loaded with the progress bar. However, when I place these items into a movie clip the preloader no longer works. can someone please take a look at the flash file for me.
http://www.bloggot.co.uk/file.zip
Having Problems Loading An External File Into A Blank Movie Clip In The Parent Movie.
alright I have a main swf. and there is an empty movie clip called window1.
I have an external swf that is loaded that contains the menu. i have the clip loaded into level 14.
i am having problems having the menu load an swf into the empty movie clip.
Code:
on (release) {
loadMovie("about.swf", _parent.window1, "GET");
}
in firefox, the code above loads the swf, but it replaces the menu. it does the same thing in ie.
Code:
on (release) {
loadMovieNum("contact.swf", _parent.window7, "POST");
}
and this bit of code makes the swf open in another browser tab in firefox, and in ie it replaces the whole parent movie.
I need the menu and the parent movie to stay intact.
i really need help with this asap.
Having Problems Loading An External File Into A Blank Movie Clip In The Parent Movie.
alright I have a main swf. and there is an empty movie clip called window1.
I have an external swf that is loaded that contains the menu. i have the clip loaded into level 14.
i am having problems having the menu load an swf into the empty movie clip.
Code:
on (release) {
loadMovie("about.swf", _parent.window1, "GET");
}
in firefox, the code above loads the swf, but it replaces the menu. it does the same thing in ie.
Code:
on (release) {
loadMovieNum("contact.swf", _parent.window7, "POST");
}
and this bit of code makes the swf open in another browser tab in firefox, and in ie it replaces the whole parent movie.
I need the menu and the parent movie to stay intact.
i really need help with this asap.
Problem Loading External Movie Clips Into Target Movie Clip
Hello,
I've been desperately trying to figure how to get this function to work. I created a target movie clip, then assigned an external one to it, but I can't seem to get it to work. Can anyone help me with this and fully explain it so I don't miss anything? I'm using flash professional 8.
Thanks so much!
Rob
Loading An External Movie Into A MC - Part Of The Movie Vanishes. Why?
Hi!
I'm loading an external movie into a mc so that I can scale the external movie down in size. But when the external movie loads some of it vanishes.
For example - at http://www.halfmoon.org.uk/HMScreensaver4.swf -you can see what the full movie I'm trying to load does (sorry its around 55k).
As you can see i have one of those mouse following style MCs -except that instead of following the mouse it moves around the screen randomly.
But at http://www.halfmoon.org.uk/scalemovie.swf
-when its loading into another movie you don't see the randomly moving MC -It just dissappears.
The actionscript I used to load HMScreensaver4.swf into the other movie was:
loadMovie ("HMScreensaver4.swf", _root.targetMc);
_root.targetMc._xscale=60;
_root.targetMc._yscale=60;
I've got a couple of other movies that its doing the same thing to.
Is there any way around this?
For example - is it possible to load the movie into a level instead of a mc and then scale it? Or is there some scripting I need to include that will allow me to view the rest of my movie?
Thanks for any help in advance!
-Tosca
HOW? Retaining Movie Size Upon Loading External Movie.
I have run into a problem creating a stand alone presentation ,, when a swf (movie) is loaded into the stand alone player, any re-sizing of the origanal is lost and reset to what the loaded movie is set to...
I know there is a way to cure this, but my referance books do not talk about this particular issue.
Please let me know what i should do via action script.
~Chris Rosenau
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Rosenau Productions
webmaster@rosenauproductions.com
Loading External Movie From A Movie Clip In The Root
Hey, I ran into some problem with the webstie that I'm designing.
Let's say the root movie is main.swf and within the main.swf, there is a movie clip called buttom that controls the buttom animation. when I push that buttom, I want it to load an external movie, say, external1.swf into the main.swf.
I have the empty movie clip on the stage on main.swf . When I try to load external1.swf, it just wouldn't do it? (I'm using the loadMovie("url","target")command)
Is there anything wrong?
Thanks
Problems With Loading External Movie From A Button In Another Movie....
Hi,
I am working on a scrolling thumbnail movie clip, that when you click on the thumbnail button inside the movie clip it will load an external movie clip. I have an empty movie clip on the main stage, and have been trying all sorts of code, but for some reason it doesn't like that I am inside a movie clip using buttons. It can't seem to find the external swf.
I have tried:
on (release) {
loadMovie (ithink.swf, "loader");
and
on (release) }
if (firstTime == true) {
loadMovie("ithink.swf", _root.loader);
firstTime = false;
} else {
_root.clicked = "ithink.swf";
_root.loader.gotoAndPlay("goback");
}
}
and so far nothing, for some reaosn when I click on a button outside of the movie clip with the above code it loads... and than the other works too, but if I click on the buttons inside the scolling movie clip first they won't work.
Any suggests or ideas!!?
I would really appreciate it... I am beyond frusterated!!
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