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    Senior Member willi-jay's Avatar
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    Anyone know how to tell your flash movie to load another swf in a specific spot in your movie?

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    Load your external .swf into an empty movie clip:

    Code:
    on(release) {
    	loadMovie("external.swf",_root.emptyMC);
    }

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    Senior Member willi-jay's Avatar
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    Originally posted by estudioworks
    Load your external .swf into an empty movie clip:

    Code:
    on(release) {
    	loadMovie("external.swf",_root.emptyMC);
    }
    Thanks but whats an empty movie clip? A movieclip that does nothing? Or is "emptyMC" the instance of another movieclip?

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    yes emptyMC is an instance name of a movieclip that does not have any content at all gfx or ActionScript. Dragged to stage or attached via attachMovie().

    /Mirandir

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