Re: FLASH: problems with communicating with a mc

[Helen Triolo]

nadia wrote:

> 

> i am loading a new .swf

> then i have to tell a mc in the new .swf to move to a specific y-coordinate

> 

> what i did is this:

> 

> Load Movie (("figur_"&b&".swf"), 26)

> Set Property ("_level26/figur", Y Position) = 140

> 

> loading the right movie is not a problem, but somehow the mc (they have all

> the same name "figur") doesn't listen.

> 


The first statement is loading a swf into level 26 (not a movieclip, and

it shouldn't have those parentheses around the file name expression). 

The second statement is trying to find a movieclip named figur in level

26, which doesn't exist (as far as I can tell).  Did you try Set

Property ("_level26", Y Position) = 140?  Actually, I don't think you

can get/set properties of entire levels, but if you can, that's how

you'd do it. (Pls let me know if you can do this; I've never tried)

Or 

  Load Movie ("figur_"&b&".swf", "myclip")

  Set Property ("/myclip", Y Position) = 140.

to load the swf into mc instance myclip on the main timeline, and then

set its position.

 

hth,

Helen

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