Loading An External .swf File Into A Movie

[wlsn18]

Hey guys,

I am trying to load an external .swf file into my movie and i want to be able to position it however i please but it won't let me. Every time i play the main movie the external .swf file is located on the top left corner and i want to center it. My button is a function and this script is not on the main timeline but inside a movieclip on the first keyframe:

this.onRelease=function(){
createEmptyMovieClip("holder", "100");
loadMovie("movie.swf", "holder");
holder._x = 180;
holder._y = 85;
}

but this script does not work! Can someone tell me what's going on?

[wolfe232]

you might want to try to create a blank movie clip, and call your file into it.

on (release) {
yourmovieclip.loadMovie("external_movie.swf");
}

its kind of the "old school" way of doing it, but it works, and this would allow you to physically position the movie clip anywhere you'd like.

[xohol]

place in the _root timeline. change the instance name of your button. Something like this could be easier to manage.

code:

---

buttonName.onRelease = function() {

	loadTheMovie("movie.swf");

};

//------------------------------------------------

loadTheMovie = function (mToLoad) {

	var mclListener:Object = new Object();

	mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {

		holder._x = 180;

		holder._y = 85;

	};

	var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

	image_mcl.addListener(mclListener);

	image_mcl.loadClip(mToLoad, holder);

};

---

[72monkeys]

This script should work. Place somewhere on the main timeline. Also dont forget to give an instance name "MyButton" to you button.

MyButton.onRelease = function () {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mHolder", this.getNextHighestDepth());
this._x = 240;
this._y = 263;
var mlLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
mlLoader.loadClip("clip01.swf", mHolder);
};