buttons in load movie

[carl_00]

right ive just spent all night getting some navigation right where i have buttons that scroll a movie clip to view different images, i then have used the load movie commmand on the main page of the site to load in this piece of navigation but the buttons are now not working i think it has something to do with the buttons not being the parent movie
how can i solve this

thanks

p.s this description is a bit vague so if you need me to go into more detail just tell me
also would the buttons work if i used different scenes instead of loading in a new movie

[Ask The Geezer]

It's the target path you used. What works in a movie when it's the only movie never works when it gets loaded to another. Everything changes. Now you have to include the name of the empty movie clip you loaded the movie into. Where before it might have been this:

_root.movieClip.gotoAndPlay(2);

It now has to look like this:

_root.emptyMovieClip.movieClip.gotoAndPlay(2);

Naturally, when you do a test movie in that swf, it won't work, because the target paths don't mean anything, but it will once it gets loaded.

[carl_00]

right i think i get you, still pretty new to flash
cheers

[carl_00]

nopedont have a clue what to do there
am i suppose to change the script in the loadmovie command that is on the empty page or change the script on the buttons in the movie that is being loaded

[Ask The Geezer]

Change the script in the buttons in the movie to be loaded. Paste in the code you use to load the movie and also the code on the buttons, and I can give you back what you need.

[carl_00]

on (release) {
loadMovie("drawings.swf", "_root.guide1");
}
this is the script i have used to load in the movie

on (release) {
xpos = -598;
}
and this is the script on one of the buttons

thnaks for your help iaskwhy

[Ask The Geezer]

Try this:

on (release) {
_root.guide1.xpos = -598;
}

When you load an external swf into a movie clip, the external becomes the movie clip, so you target through that once it's loaded. As I said, it won't work when it's tested in the external, cause the path is wrong there, but it works once loaded to the main movie, where the path is correct.

[carl_00]

right now i get you fingers crossed hope it works

[carl_00]

woohoo!
done it i just had to put _root.xpos instead of just xpos thanks for your help iaskwhy