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[Erwin]

Hi all,

I've got a question about loading movies which I hope some-one can answer for me.

I have got a directory full of .swf files. When my page starts playing, I want flash to choose a random movie clip to preload and then play it. The movies are called m1.swf, m2.swf and so on.

The only thing I need (I think) is the code to generate a number that replaces the different numbers, and then load that specific movie.
Something like:

variable"random_number" & (Random(3))
load movie ("m(random_number).swf",1)

thanks for any help you can give me.
Erwin

[bibabutzemann]

Hello Erwin,

try this out:

load movie ("m"&random_number&".swf",1)

be shure to make the command an expression (=) not a string-literal (abc)
[Edited by bibabutzemann on 06-27-2000 at 09:15 AM]

[torray]

Hmmmm...Not quite.

Since you don't have a file beginning with '0', but instead '1', you must increment every random number by 1.

Here's the code you should use (replace # with the number of different files you have):

Set Variable: "i" = Random (#)+1
Load Movie ("bg"&i&".swf",1)

I used this for 9 different random backgrounds for my new site: http://torraywallace.com

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