Five Minute Fix - Loading movies within themselves

Hello there,

I am having a bit of trouble with a site I am making.
Here is what I've done.

a) I've constructed a main page where I have my header and buttons for navigation at the top. At the bottom I have a footer with some basic contact info.

b) In the middle I have various pages load. I have used the following code to load these movies.

//Projects Button - loads the Projects SWF file into the main time line.
function openProjects() {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("siteContentPage_mc",_r oot.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.siteContentPage_mc.loadMovie("../projects/Projects.swf");
_root.siteContentPage_mc._y=68;
_root.siteContentPage_mc._x=0;
}


Now the problem I am having occurs after this page successfully loads a new set of buttons for a person to select to see various completed projects.

In this movie called Projects.swf, I want to create another empty movie clip, where another page can be displayed beneath the new set of buttons. I am having a tough time figuring out the path to get the movie to load correctly in my browser. I've tried many variations with the code, but it has not proven to be very successful. Here is what I've done:


_root.siteContentPage_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("Loa dedPortfolio_mc",_root.siteContentPage_mc.getNextH ighestDepth());
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc.loadMo vie("instructions/Instructions.swf");
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc._y=17;
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc._x=135

If you would like to see the site it is at www.modainteriordesign.ca

Thanks for your help,

Greg

you have a pathing problem caused by using _root in the loaded movie, use _parent to remedy. eg.

sub.swf has code -
trace(_root.myVar);
//will trace from a.swf timeline.

load sub.swf into main.swf using the movieClip.loadMovie(); command
trace(_root.myVar);
//will now attempt to trace from main.swf timeline. Change to -
trace(_parent.myVar);
//will trace from sub.swf timeline.

Hello again,
Thanks for your response. I am not 100% clear as to what I need to change. I need to do a bit more research on the pros and cons of path vs. root. In my code...

_root.siteContentPage_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("Loa dedPortfolio_mc",_root.siteContentPage_mc.getNextH ighestDepth());
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc.loadMo vie("instructions/Instructions.swf");
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc._y=17;
_root.siteContentPage_mc.LoadedPortfolio_mc._x=135

Do i change all of the roots to _parent?

Thanks again for your time,

Greg

http://www.modainteriordesign.ca/help/

I tried what you had suggested. Sadly it did not work. Above is a like to a .rar of the site. I would love it if someone could open it, and then get my link to work.

Thanks for your help.