a little trouble with transitions and external clips

[enomaec]

to ensure smooth loading the way i'm setting up site is by using empty clips as containers for sub menus and sections. the main menu is the main file and when selected a new menu appears somewhere else on the page. then when a selection is made the content is then loaded into another movie clip located on the page. For one section i want to experiment with transitions and external clips. i found a tutorial that was very helpful but i can't get the outro of the unloading clip to play. when a new selection is made the new swf loads in transtion but the outgoing swf just disappears.
the code for the buttons:


on (release) {

if (_root.whole.main.currMovie == undefined) {

_root.whole.main.currMovie = "ab1";
_root.whole.main.loadMovie("ab1.swf");

}
else if (_root.whole.main.currMovie != "ab1")
{

if (_root.whole.main._currentframe >= _root.whole.main.midframe)
{

_root.whole.main.currMovie = "ab1";
_root.whole.main.play();

}

}

}

the code at the end of the swf:
_root.whole.main.loadMovie(_root.whole.main.currMo vie + ".swf");

the content section is _root..whole.main
any help or suggestions would be greatly appreicated. thank you

[oldnewbie]

http://www.tableau.com.au/tutorials/smooth_transitions/

[enomaec]

thanks for the tutorial but it still not playing the outro it just loads the next movie. i really want to get this concept down i dont know why it isnt working... i think i'm doing the right targets... the buttons are located _root.whole.buttons and the movies load into _root.whole.main is that too much to communicate clearly. again thanks for the help just need a little more.
thanks

[oldnewbie]

Wanna attach your .flas (or mockups) zipped up and in a MX only format, not MX2004.

You would have to save a copy of your MX2004 .fla, (using Save as...) and changing the Document type to MX only in the Save as... window.

[enomaec]

the files zipped are to big to upload

[enomaec]

you can download from here

http://www.cs.uofs.edu/~dmd4/Archive.zip

included are simplfied ideas of the overall structure.. the airbrush button will load two little green dots those are buttons and those buttons load specific content. the green buttons load into an empty movie clip called buttons... so it s _root.whole.buttons
and the content loads into an empty movie clip called main... _root.whole.main
hope this makes sense and hope you can help thank you