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I'm using Flash CS4 and AS2. I have an external swf that works fine, but when I try to load it into another swf part of it doesn't work. The swf that's loading it is in the exact same directory so it's not missing any files. It's a little hard to explain, and would probably be easier if you could see it, however, even zipped the file is rather larger at 23 mb, so I can't attach it.
roger, the swf is 23mb?
without actually seeing the file one of the first things that come to mind is the file you are loading probably has actionscript that includes "_root" Is this the case?
Hi bgregus. No, the swf isn't that big, but it uses an images folder which bulks up the size. I could attach just the .swf but it wouldn't really function. As for the actionscript, yes, it does include "_root". Is this a problem?
Roger,
What I think is happening is your external swf (lets call that swf A) has code pointing to it's _root but once you load swf A into swf B all those _root references now point to the _root of swf B.
You might go through the swf you are loading up and remove all references to _root and instead use relative paths.
OR if you don't want to figure out all the relative paths
Say in swf B you are loading swf A into a movieClip called "holder_mc". Find all uses of _root in swf A and insert the holder_mc into the path "_root.holder_mc.whatever"
does that make sense?
That worked! Thank you so much; you're a lifesaver. So glad I'll know this from now on :)
excellent!
Hi guys is it possible to load an external swf with a parameter which the external swf needs to operate?
jonis - you could use the same _root trickery to set a variable in the file that is doing the loading. Then the loaded swf could look for the variable at _root. AKA
I'm not sure if that is what you are talking about though.PHP Code:if(_root.userChoice == 1){
// play movie 1 code
} else {
// play movie 2 code
}
i want to use on the parent swf something like
orPHP Code:ContainerClip.loadMovie("external.swf", my_variable);
and each time pass a different "my_variable"PHP Code:ContainerClip.loadMovie("external.swf?my_variable=" + my_variable);
Will the second solution work?Do i have to "GET" somehow the my_variable in the code of the external.swf?
jonis - Gotcha, I haven't tried doing it like that.
Usually I just set the "my_variable" in the parent file and then have the external swf look for "my_variable" on init or whatever function. Might want to start a new thread to see if someone more experienced has any input on an alternate way to pass directly into the swf.
- B