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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Loading Text from .txt/Load Movie problems
From:	Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media
Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:45:19 +0100

At 10:55 PM 9/3/2000, you wrote:
>I'm not sure this can be done, but I'm trying it anyway. Unfortunately
>I've run to my wit's end.
>
>I've got a .swf (content.swf) that is calling up info from a .txt file
>into a text field and placing it into content.swf. I've got this
>working with no problems using Load Movie to call the .txt file into the
>.swf.
>
>I want to bring content.swf into my main Flash movie (mainmovie.swf). I
>have a series of buttons nested in a movie clip I'm using to call
>content.swf into a placeholder movie clip on the stage of
>mainmovie.swf. I'm using the Load Movie action and targeting it to
>placeholder.
>
>This is where I have problems. Not one time have I been successful
>getting it to call up with the textfield content. I've been able to
>call content.swf up fine when deleting the textfield (there is a graphic
>above the text field, and it shows up fine).
>
>Is this possible? Trying to do a Load Movie on another file you've
>already used a Load Movie on?
>I've got a workaround or two to try, but this would be very handy--it
>would allow the client to change content simply by editing a text file.
>
>If I need to clarify anything else I'd be happy to.
>
>Thanks,
>Brian Mays

Not entirely sure how you're doing it, but I believe to load variables into
a MC you'd reference the Instance name of the MC. After loading a .swf into
a MC, to load variables into that new .swf you'd still reference the
original Instance name of the MC. Don't hold me to this, as I haven't used
it and am recalling from memory. But it's worth trying if you haven't yet
done so.

Marc Hoffman

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