what is the script to play swf within an swf

[ydaliydali]

i have a template made in flash8, i want to add into it an external swf file, (photo gallery[interactive]) and i cant for the life of me understand how you edit the template swf to allow the gallery swf to play within it. someone please help me. thanks
Ydali

[Mirandir]

To do that you need the fla file for the template. Thats because you do need to add code to load and play the external movie and you should also add a container movieclip into wich you load the external swf. That gives much better precision in placing the external swf.

/Mirandir

[ydaliydali]

i do have the fla, and i have tried the loadMovie() and the ones that it states in macromedia help, and it didnt work, i think im missing something. not sure what, thanks for helpin me out

[Mirandir]

Thats good. Then try it like this:

1. Create a new empty movieclip. Either by going to the menu and choose Insert-New Symbol or pressing [ctrl] + [Enter] on your keyboard. Make sure that "movieclip" is choosen and enter the library name "Empty" and press OK.

2. Go back to the main timeline and ev to the timeline(MovieClip) where you want to load the external movie. Now create a new layer and add a keyframe where the external swf is supposed to begin loading.

3. Drag out an instance of the movieClip "Empty" from the library onto the stage and place it where you want it. The top left corner of the external swf's stage will be located where the empty movieclip is placed.

4. Make sure the movieclip is selected on stage and open the properties panel. In the textfield for instancename enter "container_mc" and press [enter].

5. Add a new keyframe in your actions layer, if you got one, on the same frame as the one with the empty movieclip. Add the following code:

container_mc.loadMovie("gallery.swf");

Where gallery.swf should be replaced with the filename of the swf to load. Assuming that they both reside in the same folder.

/Mirandir

[ydaliydali]

thanks! it worked!!!

[allendupras]

thank you so much!! this worked for me too. And this saved me a lot of time and trouble!!