Simultaneously preloading 1 external swf into 2 instances of same MC

Hi:

I'm trying to make a pip (picture-in-picture) type effect, but I'm having mixed results using instances.


Here is an example URL (initial d/l only 33k):

http://www.ekigroup.com/baker/imageViewer.html

I made a copy of the main MC (imageViewer), and gave it a new name (imageViewer2). The instance names are the same.

In frame 1 of the main movie, I am loading an external swf ("palmTree") into both MC's. So, I'm using two loadMovie () commands, one for "imageViewer" and another for "imageViewer2."

Sometimes it seems as though Flash is loading the file twice. At other times, just once. And at other times, I'm not sure. For example, sometimes the loader bar will appear in both MC's, but at other times, it only shows up in the large one. Then sometimes the small MC loads the external swf first, but at other times it is loaded long after the large MC.

Can anyone tell me how to load these two MC's?

I want to load just the one external swf one time, but into two different MC's. Again, the second MC is just a rescaled copy of the first.

To complicate things, my preloader loads the external files from my main movie, instead of the preloader being in the actual external movies.

If you click on "gallery," you can load a second movie into the two MCs for testing. (Just the first two [top-left] thumbs are active).

Any help will be greatly appreciated.


Thanks,




James
He is risen!!!

Okay, here's an easier question:

I can solve the whole problem by having the external swf load itself into the second clip after it loads into the first, i.e., place a loadMovie() in frame one of the swf I'm loading.

Problem is, I don't seem to be getting the path right. From my main movie, the path is:

loadMovie ("palmTree.swf", _root.imageViewer2.containerClip);

I put that as-is in the first frame of the movie I'm loading (palmTree.swf), but it doesn't work. A movie can load itself into another Movie, right???

If so, what would be the proper path in this scenario?


James
He is risen!!!