FLASH: _root vs. _parent (addendum)

[Matt]

Sorry, I should add that I'm loading the movie into a target, rather than a

level. I suspect this might be  a factor? thanks.


Matt


Matt wrote:


> here's the deal: I've got a flash movie, with several mc's, all of which

> works perfectly when played on its own. Everything plays when it should,

> stops when it should, etc. But when I load that SWF into another SWF via

> the loadMovie function, all of a sudden the actionscripts stop working

> in the "nested" movie, although they do work in the the nestee. When you

> load one swf into another swf, does the toplevel swf then become _root,

> effectively crippling all of the _root paths in the the loaded Movie? Do

> I need to change all the paths to _parent, or name them specifically to

> function within the context of being loaded into another movie, even

> though they work fine on their own?



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