change the depth of loaded movies

[coolmilo]

I looked at the depths description in the thread "MX Depths Explained" but Im stuck.

I have 5 external movies loaded in the same frame in different empty movies. They load fine, problem is I have a masking effect that overlaps each other.

This is how Im loading them:
loadMovie("flash/images/photo1.swf", "_root.contenido.photo_loader1");
loadMovie("flash/images/photo2.swf", "_root.contenido.photo_loader2");
.....

This is the script for the mc loading:
on (rollOver) {
_root.contenido.photo_loader1.photo_mask1.gotoAndP lay("down");
_root.contenido.photo_loader2.photo_mask2.gotoAndP lay("over");
}

I want to be able to tell Flash that when I rollover "photo_mask2" it goes over the other 4, the same goes for the others.

is this possible?

Thank you

[nunomira]

hi,

depending on your movie structure, you should be able to do something like this:

main timeline:
my_depth = 1;

in each rollOver:
_root.contenido.photo_loader1.photo_mask1.swapDept hs(++_root.my_depth);



In MX 2004, instead of this variable, you can use getNextHighestDepth():

code:

---

_root.contenido.photo_loader1.photo_mask1.swapDept  hs(getNextHighestDepth());

---

[coolmilo]

thank you for your quick reply.

main timeline:
my_depth = 1;

Would I put that in the FRAME above the empty mc's in the MC named "contenido" ?

[nunomira]

usually, all the code goes in the first frame of the main timeline.

[coolmilo]

ok, thanks, I did that but wanted to know if I was doing it right as its still not working.

i will continue to try...thanks

[coolmilo]

GOT it working,

I had to put all the external swf's in one (5) because for some reason the fact that they loaded in different MC it didn't work.

Anyway..THANK YOU !!
will put place the URL very soon for you to see the final project.