Re: FLASH: Controlling a Flash movie from JavaScript.

[Mike S]

>within the Flash file get changed (a movie in one layer is replaced by a new

>one).


You can simplify your problem if the movies loaded into the plugin all get

loaded into 

"_layer0". This is the root layer and is easy to refer to by name or number.


>load the movie is played (timing issue between HTML, JavaScript, and Flash).


>So, I've tried to load the movie from JavaScript using the LoadMovie.  The

>JavaScript LoadMovie does not use an instance name instead, it uses a layer

>number.


You might try driving the events from the Javascript with

TCallLabel(target, label). This

can resolve some of your timing issues. Combined with SetVariable(name,

value) you

can pass in the load info and do it internally.


>My question is this: Is there a relationship between the layer number for

>the JavaScript  LoadMovie and the instance name for the movie?  If so, where

>can I see that relationship within Flash? 


Each subsiquent load will load into _level1, _level2, etc. I don't know of

any level

to instance name mapping.


--mikes


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Michael S.

Sr. Software Engineer

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