Re: FLASH: Load Movie - Frame # or (N)

[Colin Moock]

flashershocker [dot] com

,Internet writes:

>Going through the manual I couldn't really find anything too in depth on

>loading movies. Could I have a "blank" Flash .swf load a movie onto a

>new level, but also have it start at a certain frame (wether it be

>number, scene or name)  instead of the first frame of the swf.

yes you could. after the load movie action you could add a go to action

contained in a tell target action with a target of:

_levelx

(where "x" is the number of the level onto which you loaded your movie). the

go to action would then be applied to the timeline of the movie on levelx.

here's an example of what your actions listbox would look like if you wanted

to direct your loaded movie to frame 60, and you had loaded your movie onto

level 1:


On (Release)

      Begin Tell Target ("_level1")

            Go to and Stop (60)

      End Tell Target

End On


a possible problem with this approach would be that if the movie has just

been requested, the frame you want to go to likely isn't loaded yet, so your

go to action would never be executed. this would presumably be fixable with

the "if frame is loaded" action or the new _framesloaded property in flash 4,

but i haven't tested whether preloaders work on movies loaded with load

movie, so i can't say for sure.


john, marc? have you tested that? do preloaders work in movies loaded onto

levels with load movie?


if they do, here's where to learn how to make one:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/wait_for_frame01.htm


colin (moock)

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