RE: FLASH: loading movie into movie clip

[Phillip Kerman]

> a) I understand that to load a SWF into a movie clip instance I should use

> the Target option and not Level. But I cannot ever view the SWF in my test

> movie if I choose Target. The only way to get the SWF to show up is to

> choose Level 1 as my option. The code I tried was: Load Movie

> ("01_wwfullpage.swf", "mc_01_wwfullpage", with no results. The SWF didn't

> show up at all in my test movie.

> Why doesn't the Target option work in this case?


My guess is you have yet to name the instance you're intending to replace.

Not the name in the library--but the instance name. (Double-click the

instance and select the Definition tab--then type a name in the "Instance

Name" field.)  If the "Target Editor" option doesn't reveal an instance you

plan to replace (of slideShow) then you haven't named it yet--or it isn't

present in the current frame/timeline.  You can still do it even if the

target editor doesn't show any clips--you'll just need to write a path to

the clip (but that's only if the clip you're targeting is in another

timeline).


>

> b) When I choose Level 1 and get the SWF to finally play in my test movie,

> it stays up in the upper right corner no matter what. I have tried Set

> Property below my Load command to change the X and Y positions. I

> have tried

> it with a target of "mc_01_wwfullpage" (the movie clip that contains the

> SWF) and for "01_wwfullpage.swf" (the SWF itself), but nothing

> will get that

> damned swf to change position...it just hangs up there in the upper right

> where it does me no good. How can I move my SWF to where I need it to be?



You should be able to set property _x or _y and just target the clip

instance or level number:

Set Property ("someClip", X Position) = 100

or

Set Property ("_level1", X Position) = 100


>



> If anyone can help me with any of these three problems (probably they are

> inter-related somehow), I will be eternally grateful. Of course I

> could just

> go back and put the original images directly into the frames and

> forget all

> this, but I want the images to load on demand and not all at the

> beginning.

> Am I going about this all wrong?

>


I'm not clear what the third problem was--probably will be fixed when you

resolve the first two.  To pay me back--buy my book "Sams Teach Yourself

Macromedia Flash 5 in 24 Hours".  To pay yourself back, start using Flash 5!


Phillip



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