Re: FLASH: load movie question(was flash within flash)

[John Croteau]

Hi Danny,


> > Create a version of your smaller version with a height and width the

> > same as your larger movie, position it in that new canvas then use load

> > movie as normal.

> > In Flash 4 you could use Load into Target.

> I'm using Flash 4 so I'm trying to use the second option.

Why?


> A couple of things I'm not sure about, I created a target of the same

> dimensions as the smaller movie I want to play, and then scaled it so

> that this scaling would be passed onto the movie.

It doesn't matter what the dimensions of the originl target is, 

with Load into Target the new SWF movie replaces the old target

at its size not the size of the target.


> Now, I'm noticing two things happen so far:

> 1. when I load the movie into my rectangle target, the upper left corner

> of the movie is placed at the center of the target. Kind of strange, is

> this right?, for the moment I have just been moving the target so that

> the movie ends up where I want it.

That is the way it works.


> 2. objects in the loaded movie run outside its normal frame/window. I

> have got around this by using a layer mask. Again, I'm not sure if this

> is what I should expect or not.

Yes


> are there any examples or tutorials out there on this, so far I've only

> really done straight animation type stuff, and all these levels and

> targets etc. are getting me a bit confused.

The first method is much more intuitive and much less confusing.

I'd suggest using Load into Target only when you need a dynamic

replacement

and not for a regular static placement of a new movie.


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