Empty mc?????

[Desmond21]

Help me please
If got 1 main.swf whit buttons in it,now i want to load external swf in de main.swf.

Now i know that y must bild a Empty mc but i don't know how to do that.

But i want a preloader in it for all the extern swf.

But first the empty mc How must i do that?

Please help.

Greats Desmond

[moon_influence]

open your library ( ctrl+l)....
check the bottom of the library..u will have 4 options ... select the very first plus(+)option from left side and then choose movieclip symbol and select ok....

This will get u inside the empty clip ...come to the main stage ..
u will see a circle with black border ...
thats about it to make a empty movieclip

if u want to place ur empty to top left of the stage ...select the empty clip ..goto property bar and make x and y coordinates to 0


hope that helps

Cheers
Arie

[Desmond21]

(if u want to place ur empty to top left of the stage ...select the empty clip ..goto property bar and make x and y coordinates to 0)
??

My swf fills are the same pixel as the main swf.
So if i creat an empty mc, it wil always replace the movie the same size right?


If got already the empty mc, but now i don't understand the (Container.loadmovie ... bla)

this is what i hafe in my button on the main.swf

on(release){
container.loadMovie("myExternalFile.swf");
}

And my empty mc is in the main.swf to but if i pres the button nothing happens.

[moon_influence]

ur path is a bit wrong

it should be

on(release){
_root.container.loadMovie("myExternalFile.swf");
}

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cheers
Arie

[Desmond21]

Thanx for the help Arie,


But the root is not woring.
If got everything in frame1 including the empty mc.

Des

[Ask The Geezer]

You forgot one vital step. You have to give the empty clip an instance name of container or it won't work at all. The library name means nothing.

Select the dot of the empty clip, then look at the bottom left end of the Properties panel. find the text box with <Instance name> in it. Click and type or paste in container. Hit Enter to set it.

[Desmond21]

hi there,

hmm strainge it won't work
If got the empty mc in an frame, is that right?

Des

[Ask The Geezer]

Check this out. Go here, click the Flash Basics - Video menu item and then the one for the empty clip. That will show you how to do it all.

If your on a slow connection, then the empty clip has to be in a keyframe, put it on it's own layer, and give it the instance name. Then you can target it with code.