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Externally Loaded Text Prob In Externally Loaded Swf
hi.
so i have a swf that has externally loaded text in it that is being loaded into another swf. the text loads properly when the swf is opened by itself but when the swf is loaded into my main movie the text ceases to appear

my code to load the text is
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load("dates.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function() {
event1.text = this.event1;
date1.text = this.date1;
location1.text = this.location1;
address1.text = this.address1;
cost1.text = this.cost1;

event2.text = this.event2;
date2.text = this.date2;
location2.text = this.location2;
address2.text = this.address2;
cost2.text = this.cost2;

event3.text = this.event3;
date3.text = this.date3;
location3.text = this.location3;
address3.text = this.address3;
cost3.text = this.cost3;
};

any help would be much appreciated

Externally Loading Swf Inside An Externally Loaded Swf
Hey,

So basically, I have a main movie, with buttons for each section (such as home, portfolio and so on). Each button externally loads each section swf into a container. That works fine, all the sections load in and out perfectly.

Now, I want to load some more swfs (like projects in the portfolio section) into the swf thats been loaded from the main movie. Becuase I put my buttons inside movie clips (so that when you roll over the button, the animation finishes if you roll over another half way through), I had to use the tellTarget("/") script to bring it back, but it dosent work, it seems to load the movie into the main movie!

How can I fix this? Iv tried loading it into a different container symbol in the main movie but its still dosent work

Thanks alot.

Preloader In Externally Loaded Swf Stops Working (loaded Into An Empty Movie Clip)
SEE BOTTOM OF THREAD FOR CURRENT PROBLEM

1. I have my navigation buttons in level0

2. When a button is pressed it loads an external .swf into the highest empty level

3. There is an MC in this loaded .swf called loadmovie and inside that another MC called empty.

4. Inside the 'loadmovie' MC, there is a frame action that loads another external .swf file into the 'empty' MC.

The problem I am having is that the preloader that is on the external .swf that is loaded into the 'empty' MC does not work.

It works fine if you test it on its own. But not when loaded into a Movie Clip.

MY SCRIPT:
iBytesTotal = _root.getBytesTotal();
iBytesLoaded = _root.getBytesLoaded();
iBytes = (iBytesLoaded/iBytesTotal)*100;
percentageNumber = Math.round(iBytes)+"%";
setProperty("progressBar", _xscale, iBytes);

Do I have to refrence it differently? Because of where it is situated?

e.g
iBytesTotal = _level32._root.loadmovie.empty.getBytesTotal();

confesed!

Looping A Loaded An Externally Loaded Mp3
I was trying to loop an externally loaded mp3 and suceeded on my machine, but when I upload the swf and mp3, the function will not work in my browser (IE). I tried a relative path, as well as the absolute URL and neither worked. Here is the code I used to loop the externally loaded mp3:

loopSound = function () {
my_sound.loadSound("whisper.mp3", true);
};
my_sound = new Sound();
my_sound.loadSound("whisper.mp3", true);
my_sound.onSoundComplete = loopSound;
my_sound.setVolume(45);

Any help would be most appreciated, I have wasted a lot of time on this already.

Externally Loaded Swf Does Not Stay Loaded
Hello,

I am loading an externally loaded swf that uses a mask to transition in. When the user clicks a different button I am doing a gotoAndPlay that goes to a mask that "unloads" the content (it doesnt actually unload the info is just outside of the mask area. As soon As I jump to that section the movie is no longer loaded and just shows the container clip that I had created for it. The Container Clip is never changed and is the same throughout the whole process. The only thing that changes is the mask animation.

Any input onto why this would happen would be greatly appreciated.

I have tried both loadClip and loadMovie but no luck on keeping the clip loaded.

EDIT
- I have narrowed it down. When I change the mask movieclip the movie unloads for some reason. Is there a way I can keep it loaded?

Pop Up From Externally Loaded Swf
I have the main index .swf and inside that .swf I have another externally loaded .swf. In that swf though I have a link to a 3rd party website that I need to load in a new window. The standard code that i have been using is:
btn_Up.onRelease = function() {
getURL("javascript:Launch('http://www.somewepsite.com, 600,600)");
};

Where btn_Up is the button. But for some reason because the swf is embedded into another swf it doesnt work. Please help!

Externally Loaded FLV
In my SWF fie, I have an externally loaded FLV file.

I now want to add another FLV that will load and play automatically when the first one is finished.
I actually want the SWF to jump to a new scene when the first movie is done.
How can I do that/ what the actionscript?
Steven

Pop Up From Externally Loaded .swf
I have a flash movie, that has a external .swf getting loaded into it, from that .swf I have a button, on that button I would like a script that will have a pop-up without toolbars, and at a certain size. What is the script added to the button for this? Thanks.

Externally Loaded Swf
Hello all,

I just made a flash site with buttons on top and I put a empty movie clip called "container" in the middlle of the site. All animation and buttons will animate and appear and "flash" around until frame 90. The site ends at frame 100. I then included the following code in frame 100:

_root.currMovie = "PEhome";
container.loadMovie(_root.currMovie + ".swf" );
stop();

How come it won't load the external .swf into the container?
Can anyone tell me what am I not doing right and what should be done to fix this problem. Thank you very much.

Ryan

HELP Mii With Externally Loaded SWF
hi there peps i jus need a tiny help with my externally loaded swf file and this so far is the AS am using loadMovieNum("<A href="http://www.geocities.com/krizinxgren/7UP.swf",0">http://www.geocities.com/krizinxgren/7UP.swf",0); please ignore the geocities address OK the code works well well but the situation is that instead of the loaded swf to play/run inside my main movie some how my main movie does not show instead all i can see is the loaded swf only still i learnt that i have to create a container or somthing but i still dono how the container function works please peps any help is a blessing to my work our works everybody

thanks all

K

HELP Mii With Externally Loaded SWF
hi there peps i jus need a tiny help with my externally loaded swf file and this so far is the AS am using loadMovieNum(http://www.geocities.com/krizinxgren/7UP.swf,0); please ignore the geocities address, the code works well well but the situation is that instead of the loaded swf to play/run inside my main movie some how my main movie does not show instead all i can see is the loaded swf only still i learnt that i have to create a container or somthing but i still dono how the container function works please peps any help is a blessing to my work our works everybody

thanks all

K

Externally Loaded Swf
This is probably covered somewhere, but I am loading an external .swf into my main movie and i am just wondering if the actionscript works in the external swf. I see what i am assuming are pages with an external load and most have a preloader. How does this work.

Using PHP In An Externally Loaded SWF
:?

I've constructed a site in Flash, using an external loader. The tutorials on this site are great, thanks. I've made a contact page that uses php script, which has full functionality when previewed OR viewed as an independent HTMP page. However, when I submit contact info from the live site, I never receive any email. Can anyone tell me why this is??

I've tried everything I can think of, and have allowed every file in site folder access through the Flash Player Control Panel. I followed Lee's tutorials for both external loaders and the php contact page extactly.

Thanks in advance for any help!

http://www.simplypilatesnashville.com

//targeting.from.externally.loaded .swf >[.x.]<
I have a movie called --frame.swf
in it i have a mc that loads external .swf's into it. called holder mc instance name "holder"
--
a button on the _root timeline of frame.swf tells the movie clip to play the timeline of the ext .swf after it has been rested on a stop action
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on the end of the time line of the ext loaded .swf there is a line of code that basically asks if the variable
profile = 1 if it does it says load profile.swf into the mc called "holder" of the movie frame .swf
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now heres where I have a peoblem how do i target the main timeline of frame to target the mc w/ the instance name of holder?

i tried
if (portfolio=1) {
_root.holder.loadMovie("portfolio.swf", "holder");
} else if (vision = 1) {
_root.holder.loadMovie("vision.swf", "holder");
}

if you can be of any help ...thanx!

GetBytesLoaded On An Externally Loaded .swf
I can't seem to get the bytes loaded of an external .swf which is being loaded into a movie clip instance.

I have the target, _root.holderMC1.holderMC2 and place the external .swf into holderMC2 via

_root.holderMC1.holderMC2.loadMovie("http://url.com/some.swf", some_level);

I then do

if (_root.holderMC1.holderMC2.getBytesLoaded()==_root .holderMC1.holderMC2.getBytesTotal()){
gotoAndStop("remove_cover");
}else{
//loop
}

However, when the timeline gets to 'remove_cover', the items aren't loaded. They come in quickly, but they're clearly not fully loaded.

I think getBytesLoaded is measuring whether holderMC2 is loaded (it's only about 4 bytes) and moves on when it detects that it has. However, the actual external .swf has not loaded fully.

I've done some testing, trying to use the actual name of the .swf being loaded (eg. ...holderMC2.somename.swf), but it comes up zero as do a few other combinations.

Anyway, that's what I think the problem is, maybe it isn't, but how do I get the bytes loaded of an external swf being loaded into a movie clip instance? Does the level it's loaded make a difference if you're referring to it with _root?

How Do I Position A .swf Loaded Externally
Hi, I'm loading some external .swf movies into my main movie as menu items. It's all working great except that I can't seem to be able to position them without using an empty container. Is there any way of loadin an external .swf movie and giving it it's x y position without using containers?

Loader For Externally Loaded .jpg/.mp3
im loading .jpg and .mp3 files into a flash 'shell' movie.

they load into a movie clip called 'dropzone' and i was wondering if you can have a loader progress bar on .jpgs or .mp3s without them being in a .swf file.

Postioning Externally Loaded Mc's
Hi can anyone tell me how to position an exteranlly loaded swf.

I am using MX and the loadmovienum function what else do I add to position it where ever I want?

Controlling Loaded Swf's Externally
i posted this in scripting - backend, and didn't receive any replies. probably because it seemed to be the wrong forum. here it is again, verbatim. also, i'm using flash mx.

---

ok, this is the deal. i'm designing a site and basically what i want to happen is when a section is clicked, i want the previous section to animate out, and the other to animate in. also, i'm loading the sections into a movie clip, using loadmovie.

what i want to happen, ideally, is when a section is clicked, it changes the value of a variable, and then proceeds to play the swf that has been loaded into the movieclip. when it reaches the end of the timeline, i have an function checking the value of the variable (which is located in the main swf), and loading the appropriate swf file.

so, basically, what i'm having trouble with, is controlling the timeline of the loaded movie clip with a button located in a clip in the main swf. i was wondering if this is possible, and also if the function i created to check the value of the variable (for the sections) and also the variable can be passed into the loaded swf file also.

help would be very appreciated, and keep in mind, i'm fairly new to flash. thanks.

Controlling An Externally Loaded Swf
Can anyone help? I have a swf file that I have brought into my main movie using the loadMovie action (it is targeted to a blank movieClip called 'placeholder')

Does anyone know how I can control this loaded movie clip from a button on the main timeline?
When the button is pressed I want the loaded swf to begin playing at Frame X, and when it reaches frame Y, it tells the main movie to goto Scene2. (I think I know how to do the last bit! I'm just struggling with the first bit!!)

Any help/ideas would be much appreciated!!

Ta! :O)

How To Position Externally Loaded Swf?
I'm putting together a porfolio site of my video and DVD work, and since the images and video clips are pretty big, I am trying to load each one seperately with the loadMovie command.

The only way I can get the images to load in the appropriate place is by making the swf identical dimensions and adjusting the placement within it, so that when it loads into the main site, it is in the proper place.

My questions are: Does this make the exported swf bigger for each image? Is there a way to place it using actionscript so that I can make each image/video swf exaclty the dimansions of the pic/video?

My current script is:
on (press) {
loadMovieNum("IIT.swf",1);

}

Thanks,
Sara

Printing An Externally Loaded Swf.
I have an external swf that is loaded into the main movie. The swf contains a print button to print it's contents. Using this script:

PHP Code:

on (release) {
getURL("print:", "/loader.karta");
}

Where loader is the mc instance name that the swf is loaded into and karta is the instance name of the mc in the swf that i want to print.

When I try to print the dialog shows print all or print pages 1-15. What I want is for it to just make it possible to preint the specific mc...

THANKS!

Stopping An Externally Loaded MP3
Here is my code thus far.

on (rollover) {
myinstance = new Sound();
// load sound, set streaming to true:
myinstance.loadSound("my.mp3", true);
}

how do I make this stop on a rollout?

thanks

Sizing Externally Loaded Swf
(Flash MX)

Hi,

I have following script to load an external swf (or jpg) to the stage. I would like to size that swf ("themovie.swf") to 400 width, 300 height. I tried adding "_width=400, _height=300" after "_x=0, _y=0", but somehow it doesn't work. The swf is still wider than 400.

How can I size it how I want it to be? Thanx for your help!

PHP Code:

function load_jpg_or_swf(targetMC, jpgURL) {
    targetMC.loadMovie(jpgURL);
    attachMovie("loader", "loadMC", 1000);
    loadMC.loadtarget = targetMC;
    loadMC.onEnterFrame = is_loaded_results;
}
function is_loaded_results() {
    LoadedBytes = this.loadtarget.getBytesLoaded();
    TotalBytes = this.loadtarget.getBytesTotal();
    Percent = LoadedBytes/TotalBytes*100;
    Kb = Math.round(TotalBytes/1024);
    if (Percent<9.5) {
        this.displaypercentage = Math.round(Percent)+"% van "+kb+" Kb geladen";
    } else {
        this.displaypercentage = Math.round(Percent)+"% van "+kb+" Kb geladen";
    }
    if (LoadedBytes == TotalBytes && LoadedBytes>0) {
        this.removeMovieClip();
    }
}
this.createEmptyMovieClip("picture", 1);
yourJPGurl = "themovie.swf";
load_jpg_or_swf(picture, yourJPGurl,  _x=0, _y=0);
stop();

Repositioning An Externally Loaded Swf
When I load an external swf file using the following code....

loadMovie(""blah.swf","_level2");

How do I then target that loaded movie so I can reposition it soemwhere else on the stage ? Does it have a reference name ?

Cheers

Thanks in advance

Remove An Externally Loaded Swf?
i am trying to remove an external swf from my main movie. it doesnt want to go away! does anyone know how to do this? i tried to use:

on (press) {
_root.contents.unloadMovie();
}

but it didnt work. it just made the move get stuck.

here is what it looks like now:
http://www.braddockdesign.com/kirupa...moveMovie.html

i am attaching the file here:
http://www.braddockdesign.com/kirupa...emoveMovie.zip

thanks for any help!

Duplicate Swf Loaded Externally
hello, i'm loading an external swf into mc, with metod:
loadMovie("example.swf", mc1.mc2);
how to copy this swf into another mc? ex. into mc3. I want it copied becouse i'm loading another swf file into mc2. i'dont want to use loadMovie one more time becouse it will be downloaded again,

Staus Bar For Externally Loaded MP3's
using MX 2004,

I'm loading some MP3's that are called from an xml file. Im wondering if there is a way I can show the status of songs loading because they take a good 10 - 15 seconds. Is there some code that I could plug in for this? I have looked at some tutorials and stuff, but didnt see any that fit what I need specifically.

Thanks

Using An Externally Loaded CSS File
I'm trying to use an external CSS file. It's loading fine, but the text shows no signs of being styled.

I read somewhere that if the text is loaded before the CSS file then the CSS file won't affect the text. Is that true? If so, how can I guarantee the CSS file will load before I load the text?

Externally Loaded SWF Not Centering
Hi all,

I'm having yet another problem with an externally loaded movie. The photo scroller movie shows up fine when you get to the Artwork section of my site but it doesn't appear centered like I want to. I tried moving the container clip in the FLA file and that worked out ok. I can see that the external movie is centered fine. However, when I view the updated movie on the internet, the external movie appears way off.

Help!!!!! This is making me mad.

How To Autosize A Externally Loaded Swf
How do you change the size of a externally loaded swf into a container movie clip?

What I have is a swf that i am loading into a container in anohter movie, however the loaded swf is larger than my container. I want to load this into the container but it remains the same as its original size

Is there a way to make it resize?

How To Get A Variable From An Externally Loaded Swf
Quick question guys -

I'm making an archive for a tri-weekly comic strip. I'm loading external swfs (the strips) into a main swf. It's all working pretty well, but I'm trying to get my next and previous comic buttons to work. To do this, I want to get the name of the strip swf and use it as a variable I can add or subtract 1 from so that the next strip loads appropriatly.

For example:

IN "1.swf":

ActionScript:
code: j = _root.loadStrip._url.substr(_url.lastIndexOf("/")+1).split(".")[0];

and in "Comic.swf":

ActionScript:
code: loadMovie("1.swf",_root.loadStrip);
trace(j);

"1.swf" loads fine into "Comic.swf", but the trace comes back as "undefined", telling me that the variable from "1.swf" is not loading into "Comic.swf" appropriately.

Any idea why?

Thanks guys!!!

Instance A Externally Loaded .SWF
I'm creating a site in which my menu items are loaded externally
using loadMovieNum.

Is there anyway I can give an external .swf an instance name
once it is loaded? I need to do this because when the external
.swf is loaded..........it shows up but I cant apply the function

???????.onRelease = function() {
if (nextMovie != "print.swf") {
nextMovie = "print.swf";
_level2.gotoAndPlay("outro");
}
};

??????? would normally be the instance

I tried this since it was loaded on level 3:

_level3.onRelease = function() {
if (nextMovie != "print.swf") {
nextMovie = "print.swf";
_level2.gotoAndPlay("outro");
}
};

Any help would be greatly appreciated and I will submit the
finished site to flashkit. Thanks.

-----joe

No Sound On Externally Loaded Swf
Hi can someone help.

I created the volume slider sound bar from Kirupa's tutorial, and i want it to load in my flash site.

so i created a container swf with instance "blankhost" and loaded my sound swf into the host clip.

But although the swf appears, it doesn't play any sound once i click it.

I'm really new to AS, so i have no idea what's going.

Can someone help please?

ok i think i have an idea why its not working now, but i dont know how to fix the problem.

the sound.swf dynamically loads the sound.mp3 file.

so if i externally load the sound.swf should that work, or would i have to also load the sound.mp3, even tho the sound.swf loads the sound?

Externally Loaded Text
hello all

i wanted to ask if there is any way of having your text file load into yor flash movie from an external source or file.
so that if you wanted to change the text in your flash movie all you would have to do is change the text file and it would automatically update the text in the flash movie?

thanks in advance!

shrav

Disable Externally Loaded Swf
i have external swfs loading into a holder mc and on a button click i want that mc to be disabled and alpha10.....

The alpha sometimes works but it wont disable...

any theories?

Get Dimensions Of Externally Loaded .jpg
Hey is it possible to get the height & width of an externally loaded .jpg BEFORE it's fully loaded in an empty movie clip using "loadMovie()"?

Creating A Pop Up From An Externally Loaded Swf
I have the main index .swf and inside that .swf I have another externally loaded .swf. In that swf though I have a link to a 3rd party website that I need to load in a new window. The standard code that i have been using is:
btn_Up.onRelease = function() {
getURL("javascript:Launch('http://www.somewepsite.com, 600,600)");
};

Where btn_Up is the button. But for some reason because the swf is embedded into another swf it doesnt work. Please help!

VR Pan.swf Keeps Sticking When Loaded Externally
Hey,

I have created a VR pan.swf that works well but when loaded into an ongoing project (through a blank MC and action script loader.loadMovie("pan.swf")) it keeps sticking and I have to go out of the frame and back in randomly.

I loaded it into a new blank /project and it works. Very confused .

Hope someone can help.

Cheers
P.

[F8] Preloader For Externally-loaded SWF?
I've got a button that, when released, loads an external SWF to an empty MC on my main timeline. Given the size of the SWF (contains thumbnails for a gallery) I want to put a preloader in place while it loads. I tried putting a preloader in the SWF itself but when the button is clicked, the preloader does not initiate for some reason and the screen stays blank until the SWF is actually loaded. Since I'm new, I tried putting the preloader in the empty MC to read the SWF but that doesn't work either. Can anyone help me figure out where and how I put the preloader for this externally-loaded SWF?

Thanks!

Scrolling In Externally Loaded Swf
I have a mc that loads an external swf into it...
The external swf has a custom scrollbar I made to horizontally scroll images. It's code:

ActionScript Code:
stop();
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
slider.grip.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(false, 0, 0, 852-this._width, 0);
slide();
};

slider.grip.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
delete _parent._parent.content_mc.onEnterFrame;
};

slider.grip.onReleaseOutside = function() {
this.stopDrag();
delete _parent._parent.content_mc.onEnterFrame;
};
//
function slide() {
content_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
contentWidth = this._width+300;
scrollLoc = (-slider.grip._x*((contentWidth-(852-slider.grip._width))/slider._width))+24;
var scrolling:Tween = new Tween(content_mc, "_x", Normal.easeOut, content_mc._x, scrollLoc, .1, true);
};
}

slider.grip.onRollOver = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
};
slider.grip.onRollOut = function() {
this.gotoAndStop(1);
};

the rollOver/out, release/outside and press functions all work properly... but the images aren't scrolling.
This only happens when the swf is loaded into the main swf, if you open the external swf on it's own, the scrolling works just fine.

any help?? (external_swf attached)

Arranging Externally Loaded Swf's
I have a main file where i have external swf files loaded. The problem is the external files always load on top of everything covering my buttons as well so i need a way load them behind everything else thats already being displayed. How do i do this?
thank you

Externally Loaded SWF Problems
Hope someone can help!
I have externally run an .swf through another .swf so as to keep the filesize down. But unfortunatley, although the external swf runs fine on it own when seen through the main .swf the file seems to fail on some, not all, of the animations. I used the component mx.controls.Loader instead of a box container if that is helpful.

var myLoaderPlayer:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
myLoaderPlayer.loadClip("Players.swf", loadingBox);

That is the method i use to load the external file.
Hope someone can help.

Addressing Externally Loaded Swf
I'm loading an external swf file with:

ActionScript Code:
photos_mc.loadMovie("360.swf");

this is done in my first frame of main timeline, and I want to be able to stop this 360.swf file with actionscript below...

How should it be accessed?

I tried

ActionScript Code:
photos_mc.stop();

which didn't really do much, so now I'm confused :-(

What's my problem and how could I do?

Externally Loaded Smoothing
Hi I have an array of images that are externally loaded.
I was publishing it with flash 7 which was fine but i have to use 8 now and the image quality of my scaling images is very poor.

I have found many examples of solutions but i can never get them working as im fairly new to flash.

My images are being loaded into 'picHolder' mc.