LOADING A SWF IN A MC.....is it possible

[mannyme80]

i have a draggable mc and i want to load a swf in that mc so that i drags as well..........

is this possible....

thanks,
mannyme80

[kpwebdesign]

sure,
make your draggable movie clip, mc1.
then:
loadMovie("loadable.swf", _root.mc1);

[Mr Mayonnaise]

It is indeed. All you do is ---
Insert a button in the Movie clip.
Assign the actionscript to the button
on (press) {
startDrag ("_root.movieclip");
}
on (release) {
stopDrag ();
}

Note -- movieclip is the instance of your movie. Then on the First frame of the movie clip , attach this action script:

loadMovieNum ("your movie file pointer", "_root.movie clip");
where... Your movie file pointer is the address of your swf. to be imported
and.. movie clip is again your instance

That's it

[Edited by Mr Mayonnaise on 07-28-2001 at 03:51 PM]

[kpwebdesign]

oops. I apologize. right after i sent my last post, i realized that the newly loaded swf would replace the content of the draggable clip, so it would not be draggable anymore the way i set it up.

you would have to put another empty clip inside the draggable clip, and target the loading swf to that.

[mannyme80]

ok...i see what youre saying....


had i done it the first way..it would have replaced the mc1,
would it not have?

thanks,
mannyme80

i havent the expirence to get creative yet in AS
i can understand it all and hope to be able to expirement on my own shortly.....hopefully...

mannyme80

ps. thanks again

[kpwebdesign]

right. it would have replaced the existing mc.

keep experimenting, reading books and flashkit and having fun. you'll learn a lot.

[mannyme80]

thanks and i have learned alot...

everything i know is self taught through turtorials and of course the flashkit message board...

i owe alot of my flashing to flashkit and kind people such as yourself...

thanks again,
i really do appreciate it...
mannyme80

[kpwebdesign]

I've learned a lot here too. But most of what I've learned has come from two books: Foundation Flash Actionscript, and Flash 5 Studio by Friends of Ed. http://www.friendsofed.com
I can't recommend those books enough.

[mannyme80]

thanks....ill check 'em out...

i can use all the help i can get

[mannyme80]

oh, hey...i had a quick question...

i cant seem to get why some sites animations run so much smoother than mine.....

i run at 24fps and even still when i have more than 1 or 2 small animations going it lags up....

i know i have a weak video card, but on some sites, they run really well.....is there a trick to having small animations running....

thanks
mannyme80