Re: FLASH: Levels

[Marc Hoffman]

At 07:48 AM 12/11/98 +1100, you wrote: 

>

> I'm a little confused - How do I know what level is what?

> What do I use levels for?

>

> _level 1 

> _level 4 etc... means nothing to me .. and I've completed a flash site...

>

> Jim. 




the Flash player can run more than one movie at once.  You achieve this by

using the Load Movie command, choosing a level (anything other than 0,

which is

reserved for the initial movie and which, if replaced, empties all other

levels), and designating a .swf file in the same server directory as the movie

to be loaded.  Movies atop one another are literally layered -- one movie can

be a landscape, another can be a bird that appears to fly over the landscape.

Level 2 is superimposed on levels 0 and 1, etc.  Movies can be present but

invisible -- to do this, have them "parked" (stopped in an empty frame).  It's

analogous to having movie clips stacked in layers in one Flash movie.


The underscore (_) is used in TellTarget, which is the device by which one

movie can tell another to go somewhere.




Marc Hoffman

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