Variable names of Loaded MCs ?-- Help Please!

[phallex]

What is the variable name of the movies that you load?

I'm trying to make an "index" movie pre-load for each loaded movie, but I can't get the

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getBytesTotal

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and

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getBytesLoaded

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parts to work....

I load the movies like this:

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loadMovie(NewMovie,emptyMC);

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And "NewMovie" is defined by what button you click.

HELP PLEASE!

[nunomira]

hi,

your post is really confusing...

If you want to load an external file you use, like you wrote:

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loadMovie(NewMovie,emptyMC);

// or preferably:

emptyMC.loadMovie(NewMovie);

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Now, NewMovie, has to be a variable that stores the name of the external movie, something like:

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NewMovie = "external.swf"

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[phallex]

hi,

your post is really confusing...

If you want to load an external file you use, like you wrote:

code:

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loadMovie(NewMovie,emptyMC);

// or preferably:

emptyMC.loadMovie(NewMovie);

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Now, NewMovie has to be a variable that stores the name of the external movie, something like:

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NewMovie = "external.swf"

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Yes, I thought that was obvious.

But what is the variable name of this/any loaded movie?

How can I find the TotalBytes and BytesLoaded?

[nunomira]

nope, that wasn't obvious... like I said in the first place.

How can I find the TotalBytes and BytesLoaded?

this is!


To get those values you use the getTotalBytes() and getBytesLoaded() methods of the MovieClip class.
Something like:

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var bl = empty_mc.getBytesLoaded();

var bt = empty_mc.getBytesTotal();

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[phallex]

To get those values you use the getTotalBytes() and getBytesLoaded() methods of the MovieClip class.
Something like:

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var bl = empty_mc.getBytesLoaded();

var bt = empty_mc.getBytesTotal();

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Nope. I tried that, and it doesn't ouput to my text fields (which have the same variable names), and it hangs if I do a loop:

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NewMovieTotal = emptyMC.getBytesTotal();

NewMovieLoaded = emptyMC.getBytesLoaded();

if (NewMovieLoaded == NewMovieTotal){

  gotoAndPlay("continue");

}

else{

  gotoAndPlay("load");

}

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On the "load" frame, I would be loading the movie, and on the "continue" frame, it would stop looping and play the rest of the movie. The Script above would be in-between the two frames.

But this doesn't work. It just stalls, and doesn't do anything.

[nunomira]

There are somethings to take in account:
everything takes sometime before the movie starts loading.
till then, both NewMovieTotal and
NewMovieLoaded are undefined (or 0), which mets the second condition, so you have to prevent this from happening

I hope you don't keep asking flash to load the movie... he understands at first!

this is the logic:

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frame1

emptyMC.loadMovie(NewMovie);

frame2

// nothing

frame3

NewMovieTotal = emptyMC.getBytesTotal();

NewMovieLoaded = emptyMC.getBytesLoaded();

if (NewMovieTotal>4 && NewMovieLoaded >= NewMovieTotal){

        // the movie is loaded

}

else{

        gotoAndPlay(2);

}

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This is how it was done in flash 5, and it's important to get the logic.
In flash MX onEnterFrame() or setInterval() replace the timeline loop
And finally, the MovieClipLoader Class, in MX 2004, replaces everything else.

[phallex]

In flash MX onEnterFrame() or setInterval() replace the timeline loop

Huh? Timeline Loop? You mean my "if" loop?

What are these new features and how can I read up on them?

It's not in the Actionscript Reference in my copy of MX.

[nunomira]

if() is not a loop (although you can use a in a loop, like in this case)
a for() or a while()... is a loop

and here you have a timeline loop, because the same frames are (eventually) played over and over



onEnterFrame() is a method of the MovieClip Class.
setInterval() is a global function.

And I'm sure they are in your reference.

And here is a quick way to find them:
just write any of them in the actions panel (in expert mode), click with mouse cursor in the middle of the words, and then press SHIFT+F1

[phallex]

http://www.rightsys.com/temp/screen.jpg

Well, you can't blame me for not knowing.

[nunomira]

don't double click the onEnterFrame(), just click it (in order not to select it, but to leave the cursor there)

anyway, in the reference panel, if you use the index and look for MovieClip.onEnterFrame(), you'll find it.

I can see in your picture you have a setProperty(). This is deprecated. Use dot notation instead:

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follower._rotation = something

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