Re: [flasher] Re: Telltarget and Load movie issue

[cpu]

Wow, thanks for a new approach. Let me try these to see if I can figure this

out.


thanks again


CPU


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From: Helen Triolo <designeri-technica [dot] com>

> Organization: i-Technica

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Reply-To: "flasher" <flasherlists [dot] chinwag [dot] com>

> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:38:15 -0500

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To: flasher from chinwag <flasherlists [dot] chinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: [flasher] Re: Telltarget and Load movie issue

> 

> Yes, you can certainly use a variable on the main timeline to show what

> movie is currently loaded (eg, _root.currentMovie = 3) and another to

> show whether that movie is running or ended (the latter could be set

> from the loaded movie when completed with, eg, _root.movieRunning =

> false).  It would be easier to control the movie loading and unloading

> with a movieclip than multiple buttons though -- an

> onClipEvent(enterFrame) routine allows you to continually monitor the

> state of variables (like those mentioned above), to set them as

> necessary, and to trigger other events (like loading movies).  Buttons

> just allow you to trigger an action, but not monitor what's happening

> after that.  Not sure whether that helps you with what you're trying to

> do, but maybe it'll give you an idea which direction to go. (And I agree

> with you that adding your closing sequences to the main movie isn't such

> a good solution).

> 

> Regards,

> Helen 



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"cpuqrime [dot] com" wrote:

>> 

>> The problem is that I have multiple buttons and multiple movies to load.

>> Each will not know which will be next to be loaded. Other thing I can do is

>> to create a close sequence in the main movie and loads at the end. But if

>> you do this the main movie will be gets bigger as I add more buttons..

>> 

>>>> If that doesn't work for

>>>> some reason, another idea would be to have loadport set a variable on

>>>> the main timeline to say when the "close" sequence is done, which the

>>>> main timeline would loop around checking and then load the new movie

>>>> when it's set.

>> 

>> Is this possible? The loaded movie will have to send a variable to a button

>> in the main movie to load the next one once it finishes the close sequence?

>> Is that what you mean?

>> 

>> Thanks,

>> CPU

>>

 

>>>> 

>>>> Regards,

>>>> Helen

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>>> "cpuqrime [dot] com" wrote:

>>>>> 

>>>>> Hi,

>>>>> 

>>>>> I have a movie which loads an external swf files with button action. The

>>>>> thing is that each loaded movie has a closing animation and i would like

>>> to

>>>>> play the closing animation and then "load" the next movie. The script I

>>> have

>>>>> is:

>>>>> 

>>>>> on (release) {

>>>>> tellTarget ("../loadport") {

>>>>> gotoAndPlay ("close");

>>>>> }

>>>>> loadMovie ("port-qrime.swf", "../loadport");

>>>>> }

>>>>> 

>>>>> With this script it skips the telltarget part and loads the next one

>>>>> directly. Does anyone has any idea?? I have seen this done a lot and I

>>> am

>>>>> sure it's fairy simple...

>>>>> 

>>>>> thanks millions in advance.

>>>>> CPU

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