FLASH: Movie Clips and Movies loaded with Load Movie

[John Croteau]

Hi all,


Some facts about Movie Clips and Load Movie,

hopefully this will help remove some of the confusion:

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Movie Clips:


   Used inside a Flash Movie (.swf file).

   Can run independently of the Main timeline.

   Can be placed on any layer inside a Movie.

   Can not be on a Level.

   Can have other Movie Clips on its timeline (nesting).

   Tell Target is used to send commands to it.

   The Instance Name is used as the Target Name in the Tell Target.

   Buttons are active even if covered and unseen on a lower layer.

   Only another button above a button will disable a button's action.

   Must exist continuously on a current timeline to continue to work.

   Cannot work between Scenes.

   Use when the clip is a required asset and doesn't cross Scene

bounmdaries.


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Load Movie:


   An .swf file.

   Can include nested Movie Clips.

   Resides on a Level as defined by Level #: when Load Movie used.

   Original Movie is on level 0 (zero) which defines the frame rate etc.

   Levels can be from 0 to 16000 with 16000 being the topmost.

   Can run independently of other swf Movies.

   Tell Target is used to send commands to it.

   Tell Target uses the form  _levelx as the target where x is the level

#.

   If a movie is loaded into a level where there is an existing movie it

will replace it.

   Empty areas are transparent between levels.

   Images on lower levels can be seen if all the levels above it are

empty over that image's position.

   Buttons are active even if covered and on a lower level.

   Only another button above a button will disable a button's action.

   Use when you need an animation to continue across scenes.

   Use when multiple options are presented to the user so only requested

assets are downloaded when needed.


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John Croteau

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