ARGH!...help on multiple arguments for asfunction...

[cancerinform]

You misunderstood the word "imported". I have attached a sample.

[Motty99]

what are you showing in the example?...I'm missing the point, sorry...

A bit more on embedded text...seems as if you have a monospaced font in a static textbox...spaced out correctly...select a portion of text and place a URL in the link box...all spacing goes away!...how wonderful is that?!?

So, it looks as if an invisable button is the only way to go...

[cancerinform]

The only thing I show in the example is how to use the invisible button, so it stays with the text, since that was your problem. i don't care about the font, alias status or whatever in this example.

[Motty99]

Now I understand...ok...

Thanks!

[Motty99]

when it was dynamic text, I was able to call the function myTest using the asfunction...re: <a href="asfunction:myTest,trtjb.jpg,90,187,1">

How can I translate this to be used on a button?

myBut.onRelease = ???

Thanks and more thanks...

[cancerinform]

but.onPress = function ()
{
    myTest ("testmovie.swf", 100, 200, 1);
};
function myTest (myMovie:String, pos_x:Number, pos_y:Number, myLevel:Number)
{
    _root.createEmptyMovieClip ("a", myLevel);
    _root.a._x = pos_x;
    _root.a._y = pos_y;
    var mc:MovieClip = _root.a.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc", 1);
    mc._lockroot = true;
    mc._alpha = 0;
    mc.loadMovie (myMovie);
    // 
    _root.onEnterFrame = function ()
    {
        var speed:Number = 2;
        if (mc._alpha < 100)
        {
            mc._alpha += speed;
        }
        else
        {
            delete this.onEnterFrame;
        }
    };
} 

[Motty99]

very cool...thanks, thanks, thanks!

[Motty99]

I have this code on the first frame of the main movie...

clip.createEmptyMovieClip ("clip1", 1);
clip.clip1.loadMovie ("moogie.swf");
function myTest (myMovie:String, pos_x:Number, pos_y:Number, myLevel:Number)
{
_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("a", myLevel);
_root.a._x = pos_x;
_root.a._y = pos_y;
var mc:MovieClip = _root.a.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc", 1);
mc._lockroot = true;
mc._alpha = 0;
mc.loadMovie (myMovie);
//
_root.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
var speed:Number = 2;
if (mc._alpha < 100)
{
mc._alpha += speed;
}
else
{
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}

moogie.swf gets loaded...I have this code on the first frame of moogie.swf, along with the button called Mybut...the button is seen. but nothing happens when pressed

Mybut.onRelease = function ()
{
myTest ("openpic.swf", 40, 60, 1);
};

I'm pretty sure I'm making a mistake as to where the code goes...

[cancerinform]

check _lockroot in the help files.

[Motty99]

Ok...from what I read, I would have to tell the loaded SWF to access the main movie's timeline, and not it's own...makes sense...so I tried this...

mc._lockroot = true

in the loaded SWF's timeline...still didn't work...

[Motty99]

I think I'm backwards in my expanation...

From what I've been reading, I need to place this into the loaded SWF...

this._lockroot = true;

Sound right?...I can't test until I hit home later...

[cancerinform]

Either that or clip.clip1._lockroot = true;

[Motty99]

this._lockroot = true; or clip.clip1._lockroot = true; do not work...

again this goes into the SWF with the button?...I have this in that movie...

clip.clip1._lockroot = true;

myBut.onRelease = function ()
{
myTest ("openpic.swf", 40, 60, 1);
};

with the button named myBut...

and the code in the first frame of the movie that does the importing...

_root.a.removeMovieClip ();
clip.clip1.removeMovieClip ();
//
stop ();
clip.createEmptyMovieClip ("clip1", 1);
clip.clip1.loadMovie ("moogie.swf");
//
function myTest (myMovie:String, pos_x:Number, pos_y:Number, myLevel:Number)
{
_root.createEmptyMovieClip ("a", myLevel);
_root.a._x = pos_x;
_root.a._y = pos_y;
var mc:MovieClip = _root.a.createEmptyMovieClip ("mc", 1);
mc._lockroot = true;
mc._alpha = 0;
mc.loadMovie (myMovie);
//
_root.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
var speed:Number = 2;
if (mc._alpha < 100)
{
mc._alpha += speed;
}
else
{
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
}

Any ideas?...

[Motty99]

I post the files in hope that you can sort this out...

[cancerinform]

You had a lot of mistakes in moogie.fla. Here is the script.

myBut.onRelease = function ()
{
_level0.myTest ("bl.jpg", 40, 60, 1);
};

[Motty99]

no _lockroot?...

[cancerinform]

No if your movie looks like this. If you have other things with _root in that movie add
this._lockroot = true;

[Motty99]

I do have a _root call in the myTest function...when I was testing this morning (at work now), I was unable to get my mask to work with this (the blue rectangle is masked so the gradent used in the myTest call from moogie.swf (using a test.swf instead of bl.jpg)...if this makes sense...

I did not have time to test a lot, but just wondering if the way the code is written will support a mask to myTest?