Re: FLASH: parent&child

[flashy junior]

>

>Forgive me if this is simple question, but i cannot find the answer

>anywhere.

>

>I am working on my first flash site, i have a parent / child setup where y

>the parent forms the Navigational function of the site, bringing in the

>child at the click of the mouse.

>

>The parent is about (60k) and brought in with a preloader, child's c20K

>

>what i want is for the user to access a section of the site (child) once

>complete return to the main parent to navigate onto the next section, at 

>the

>moment. the parent is on level 0 and the child is then brought in on the

>same level, when the user has finished the section the back button then

>reloads the parent.

>

>i do not want the parent navigation evident in the child movies

>

>1) does the parent stay in the cache, therefore allow to appear seemlessly

>or, does it then reload all 60K


No, as with all web content, it should still remain in the cache unless the 

cache is flushed for some reason between the time you clear the movie from 

that level and the time you call the movie back up into that level.


>2) is there a way of keeping the parent at level 0 and bringin the child in

>a level 1. When i try this i keep finding that the buttons on the parent 

>are

>active, underneath the buttons on the child


If the parent's contents were contained within a movieclip then you could 

just send the movieclip offstage or set its visibility to false.(not sure 

whether the latter disables all actions too though - probably).


Like you initially mentioned, I'd tend to think just loading them at the 

same level so they replace each other should be fine for your 

circumstances....


Flashy

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