Problem with AS in slideshow

I was following a tutorial on Kirupa. The basic slideshow one. It works fine until I load the swf into a empty movie clip in another movie. It will only show the first picture, it doesn't even show the mask that I made either. Just the picture. If I open the slideshow swf it plays just fine. All the files and folder are in the same directory.

Any ideas? Here is the code:

this.pathToPics = "pics/";

this.pArray = ["0.jpg", "1.jpg", "2.jpg", "3.jpg", "4.jpg", "5.jpg", "6.jpg", "7.jpg", "8.jpg", "9.jpg", "10.jpg", "11.jpg", "12.jpg", "13.jpg", "14.jpg", "15.jpg", "16.jpg", "17.jpg", "18.jpg", "19.jpg"];
this.fadeSpeed = 20;
this.pIndex = 0;

loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.photo);
MovieClip.prototype.changePhoto = function(d) {
// make sure pIndex falls within pArray.length
this.pIndex = (this.pIndex+d)%this.pArray.length;
if (this.pIndex<0) {
this.pIndex += this.pArray.length;
}
this.onEnterFrame = fadeOut;
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeOut = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha>this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha -= this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.loadPhoto();
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadPhoto = function() {
// specify the movieclip to load images into
var p = _root.photo;
//------------------------------------------
p._alpha = 0;
p.loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[this.pIndex]);
this.onEnterFrame = loadMeter;
};
MovieClip.prototype.loadMeter = function() {
var i, l, t;
l = this.photo.getBytesLoaded();
t = this.photo.getBytesTotal();
if (t>0 && t == l) {
this.onEnterFrame = fadeIn;
} else {
trace(l/t);
}
};
MovieClip.prototype.fadeIn = function() {
if (this.photo._alpha<100-this.fadeSpeed) {
this.photo._alpha += this.fadeSpeed;
} else {
this.photo._alpha = 100;
this.onEnterFrame = null;
}
};

this.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
this.changePhoto(-1);
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
this.changePhoto(1);
}
};
Key.addListener(this);

Probably this reference to _root;

loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.photo);

It's no longer _root.photo when you load to an empty clip in another movie. You have to add the instance name of the empty clip;

loadMovie(this.pathToPics+this.pArray[0], _root.mtClip.photo);

thanks IaskWhy..

I tried what you said and now the slideshow swf doesn't work.

It did load into the empty movie clip, however wouldn't let me change photos.

I am baffled.. i have tried everything.. I thought it may have to do with the coding on the buttons which is:

on (release) {
_root.changePhoto(1);
}

they don't do anything when loaded into the empty MC. Works fine when tested.

Hope your still out there IaskWhy.. thanks for the help..

What version of Flash are you using?

I am using MX Pro 2004..

In the slideshow movie, go back to the original code. In frame 1 of the movie, add this line at the top of frame 1;

this._lockroot = true;

That should force the slideshow movie to use it's own root code and still work when loaded to another movie.

YES!!!! Thanks very much IaskWhy..

Can I ask one more quick question.. I have a 4 buttons that load dynamic text into a textbox. They work fine.. just want to have the first one loaded already when the user gets to that screen. I am sure its just one little piece of code but can't seem to find it anywhere..
here is what i have so far on each button, but want one to have the text already loaded..:

on (release) {
loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load ("meetinfo.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function (success)
{
if (success)
{
// trace(success);
infoBox.html = true;
infoBox.htmlText = this.info;
}
};
}

Try typeing in what you want it to say when it loads. I mean in flash when your editing it. It should stay there till the code tells it to say something else.

Ok.. I understand what your saying.. but was hoping for it to load the first txt file.. Then as each button is clicked it will load them...

Thanks again.. your a lifesaver

You can make it do that. Just take that code out of the button and put it in frame 1.

loadText = new LoadVars();
loadText.load ("meetinfo.txt");
loadText.onLoad = function (success)
{
if (success)
{
// trace(success);
infoBox.html = true;
infoBox.htmlText = this.info;
}
};

Thanks I will try that at work tomorrow..
Thanks again for the help...

You Rock IaskWhy......


Thanks works great... I kinda figured I could use that same code.. but wasn't exactly sure.. thanks again for your help..