Re: FLASH: HELP!! Loading Movie into MC in FL4!

[Karin Christensen]

I ran into this problem but it is fairly easy to solve.  Many if not

most of the actions in the loaded swf need to have the mc instance

name included in the pathways.  The easiest way to see where they need

to be is to test the movie (under control> test movie), then load the

swf and then select control, list variables.  You will see lists of

the various pathways and it will have the mc name included.  This

helps you know where you need to change the action scripting in the

swf for the drag and drop target actions.  Be sure to make two copies

of the swfs since once you change the scripting it won't work unless

loaded into the movie clip.  You may decide later you want them to

stand alone.

Hope this helps,

Karin


> I desperately need help with a problem that I need to resolve

quickly.

>

> I'm developing a little interactive interface which loads various

.SWFs into

> a placeholding MC. I'm loading into the MC instead ofon levels so

that I can

> better control the placement of the loaded movie.

>

> The problem is, when the movies are loaded, I'm losing control of

some of

> the actions because they are targeted to that .SWFsmain timeline.

>

> Let me explain better w/ a little scenario:

> The interface is called Framework. Within Framework is a menu, a

text area

> and a movieDisplay area (very similar to the Product Catalog project

in

> Flash Magic - that's where I got this idea). The menu loads a little

"build

> a snowman" game (snowman.swf) into the movieDisplay area

(movieHold_mc).

> Snowman.swf has lots of drag and _droptarget MCs in it. This is

where the

> problem is. I've defined the _dropTarget area in the snowman.swfs

main

> timeline and it's not recognized once loaded into the interface.

>

> How do I specify the _dropTarget area in my source file so that it's

> recognized when loaded into the Host movie?

>

> Thanks for any advice!

>

> TommyDAQ




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