Re: FLASH: load movie problem

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 06:33 AM 1/12/00 , you wrote:


>At 04:04 AM 1/12/00 , you wrote:

>

>>Hi all,

>>this is probably easier to answer than it is to explain...but here goes.

>>

>>I have a problem with buttons that are supposed to call different swf's

>>using the following commands:

>>

>>On (release)

>>get url "",_self

>>load movie "blahblahblah" level blah

>>end on

>

>

>Might be able to help. Please send the exact command. How are you naming 

>the movie? Also send a URL so we can test. Load Movie may not work if MIME 

>is not set correctly. It also does not work on some Mac browsers.


I just read your post more carefully. When you use get URL, you're 

replacing the entire movie. So you're disabling the load movie command, 

since the calling movie will no longer exist in a few moments. Load Movie 

works from within a movie and is dependent on that movie for its existence.

Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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