Re: FLASH: movieclip wait problem

[Cheri Harder]

Hi, Neil.


Looks like you do have the right idea, but I can't tell from your note where

these actions and variables are being set.  I would suggest that most errors

of this nature are in specifying the paths to the movies, movie clips,

and/or variables.  While running your "test movie" - click on the "control"

and "Show Variables" - also "Show Objects" - This will show which variables

are or are not getting set, as well as what they are set to at a particular

time of the movie, and show you the correct paths.


Another good debugging tool is to either put a "trace" in for the particular

variables you want to track, or put a text-field with that variable name on

the stage so you can watch it that way.


~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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> I'm a having problem with movieclip alaoding and getting flash to wait for

> externally laoded clip to laod before using them.

>

> timeline:

>

> animholder-- mc

> projectholder --mc

>

> other static instances

>

> ---

>

> movie starts and loads an external clip into animholder

>

> then on a user button action a load movie call is

> initiatd with:

>

> Set Variable: "movieloaded" = false

> Load Movie (loadmovieid&".swf", "/projectholder")

>

> this then loops  with the animation going while the loadmovie action is

> going on:

>

> If (("movieloaded"=false) and (GetProperty ("/projectholder",

_framesloaded)

> = GetProperty ("/projectholder", _totalframes)))

>       Set Variable: "movieloaded" = true

>       Go to and Play ("loaded")

>       Set Property ("animholder", Visibility) = false

> Else

>       Go to Previous Frame

>       Play

> End If


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