RE: [flasher]using functions?

[Bill Gunter]

Hi all,


	I am currently building a flash site for my company and have run into a bit

of a snag in my actionscripting. The overall scheme is this, I have a main

file(well call that main.swf) and each page is a seperate swf that is loaded

into main.swf(we will call the pages home.swf, about.swf, and contact.swf).

Now then, when a page is loaded into main.swf it plays an animation, such as

a fade in, and then hits a stop frame. When I click on a button I then want

it to unload the current movie and load in the next one as directed by the

button but not before the current movie has faded out. I hope that I am not

confusing the issue here.

What I have so far is on main.swf's first frame I have this script:


activemovie="home.swf"

loadMovieNum(activemovie, 5)


function navigate (){

	unloadMovieNum(5)

	loadMovieNum(activemovie, 5)

}

(this script is loading the first movie, setting the variables and setting

the function)


The script I have attached to each button is as follows:


on(release){

	activemovie="about.swf"

	gotoAndPlay (fade_out)

}

(this script is changing the value of the activemovie according to the

button that was pressed, in this case it was the about button that was

pressed.)


Finally on the frame after the stop in each page swf I have labeled it

fade_out and on the last frame of the movie I have added this script:


call("navigate")

stop()

(this script is sending the newly changed variable back to the function in

main.swf which should unload, in this example, home.swf and load about.swf)


Unfortunately this doesn't work, I think that I am calling the function

incorrectly so if you could help it would be much appreciated.

Thanks and have a good one,

Bill

iStream Interactive