Re: FLASH: LoadMovie and pathnames

[ryan schroeder]

Hi Paul,


That helps a lot. I've got one more quick question.


I've got several pieces of code like this:


minX = /:left;


What does the : signify?

Would I treat it the same as /scrollbar ?


Thanks


-ryan


> Hi Ryan,

> 

> One way to deal with this is wherever you see "/" in front of a variable

> or target name in the movie you're loading, change it to

> "/theNameOfTheMCYouLoadInto/originalTargetPathOrVar". For example:

> 

> Set Variable: "newX" = GetProperty("/scrollbar",_x)

> 

> ...becomes...

> 

> Set Variable: "newX" =

> GetProperty("/theNameOfTheMCYouLoadInto/scrollbar",_x)

> 

> 

> If you see "../", *don't* change it as it's a relative path.

> 

> hth

> 

> paul

> 

> 

> ryan schroeder wrote on 06 December 2000:

> 

>> 

>> (Is MM site down for other people or just me?)

>> 

>> I'm trying to adapt praystation's wonderful scrollbars (experiments in

>> frictions and interia day 02) for my own use.

>> 

>> Everything works fine if I loadmovie into level one,  what

>> I'd like to do is

>> load it into a target however. Of course the pathnames get

>> all screwed up

>> and my (very) limited know of AS prevent my from knowing what to do.

>> 

>> It seems like I should change the path names in the loaded

>> movie but I'm not

>> sure how to adjust them.

>> 

>> Ideas?

>> 

>> Thanks a lot.

>> 

>> -ryan schroeder

>

> ryanbackriver [dot] net

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