looping the loadmovie

[tyranid]

Hi there,
is it possible to load external swf movies by using a loop?

This is what i want to do:
I have made a photo album with flash and I want to be able to add new albums to the main one without having to alter the main movie.
So I want the main movie to "search" for new album components and display them if they are found (eg 1.swf, 2.swf...etc).

I was thinking that if i created some sort of load movie loop i would be able to overcome this problem, unfortunatly i'm quite a sad actionscripter and i have no idea how to do this.

cheers

[Kennyb]

How about this:

on(press) {
i++;
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf")
}

Go to the previous one by:

on(press) {
i--;
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf")
}

And, yes, you could do it with a loop. You could set up an mc that contains the number of frames you wanted to process before the above core code is activated at the end.

[tyranid]

Thanx man, i'll give it a go.

[tyranid]

ok, I want the movie to scan for new swf's at the start of the movie (automatically-without button push).
I tried this script (don't laugh!!!!)

i = "1";
if (i<10) {
i++;
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf",1+i)
} else {
stop();

But it doesn't seem to work...

Any ideas?

Thanx in advance!!!!

[Kennyb]

Where do you have this code?

Try:

i = 1;
if (i<10) {
i++;
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf",1+i)
trace("I: " + i);
} else {
stop();

Remove the quotes around the one. Trace i so you can see what's happening.

[tyranid]

Originally posted by Kennyb
Where do you have this code?

Try:

i = 1;
if (i<10) {
i++;
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf",1+i)
trace("I: " + i);
} else {
stop();

Remove the quotes around the one. Trace i so you can see what's happening.

I've got it at the first frame of the main timeline (is that the right place?)

I put the trace in and i only get the output "i:2" somehow i don't think it's looping...

thanx again

[tyranid]

i removed the quotes, but that gives me an error message...

[cancerinform]

To make a loop use "while" or "for":

i = 1; 
while (i<10) { 
loadMovie("movie0" + i + ".swf",1+i); 
i++; 
}

[tyranid]

hi again,

ok I tried cancerinform's solution, but alas it still doesn't work, for some reason it won't pick up the variable.
eg:


loadMovie("movie"+"1"+".swf", 1); (this works)


x = "1";(or x=1)
loadMovie("movie"+x+".swf", 1); (this doesn't)

Any ideas??

cheers

[Kennyb]

If you want, I'll look at your fla. Please post it some place where it can be downloaded. If it is less than 1MB, you can email it to me at: aspirin99@hotmail.com. Please remind me in the email exactly what you are try to do and where the trouble is.

[Kennyb]

This should work.

i = 1;
while (i<=5) {
createEmptyMovieClip (mc+i, i);
loadMovie("movie" + i + ".swf",mc+i);
i++;
}

One more thing, the above code will check for files 1 to 6.

[tyranid]

Thanks KennyB, I've also found out that this works as well:

i = 1;
while (i<10) {
loadMovieNum("movie" + i + ".swf",1+i);
i++;
}

Alls well that ends well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!