FLASH: playing one.swf, two.swf, three.swf from control.swf - how?!?!?

[michael werth]

i have a bunch of swfs, called let's say alpha.swf, beta.swf, carrot.swf,

etc.  i created a text file and it contains

var1=alpha.swf,var2=beta.swf......etc.... eof=1   .    i read that into a

control.swf.


i want control.swf to play alpha, then beta, etc etc. in one flashplayer

window (and actually i want control buttons to stop, rewind to previous etc.

etc, but for now just basic play)


the first frame of control.fla loads variables. frame two loads var1 into

level 0 and plays. frame three loads var2 into level 0 and plays.   but what

happens on playback?  it plays var1 (alpha.swf) and loops.  if i put a stop

action on the last frame of alpha.fla then control.swf  plays alpha and

stops.


when i use getURL it loads each one into a separate window despite using

_self.   btw i cannot make the swfs into movie clip symbols.  they have to

remain external.


i want to go smoothly from alpha to beta and so on. i have checked this list

and quite a few sites and three flash books but there's a gap in my

understanding obviously. i am doing something fundamentally wrong but can't

figure it out.


thanks for helping.

m





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