[MX] Load movie question

[Alan Robotkin]

Hi I have been trying to use "load movie" in a for loop to load 50 of the same .swf at a random location.Is this possible?
I dont have any problems with "attach movie" or "duplicate movie".

Nor do i have any problems loading different .swfs into the same movie
The movie i am trying to load is called a.swf and i am looking for a short script that loads 50 of a.swf into a movie at random locations.
I know its new year but i would really appreciate help
Alan

[whispers]

var totalSwfs:Number = 50;

for(i=0; i<totalSwfs; i++){
    var newContainer = this.createEmptyMovieClip("container"+i,i);
    newContainer.loadMovie("a.swf");
    newContainer._x = random(Stage.width);
    newContainer._y = random(Stage.height);
} 

Im sure it needs to be tweaked to fit you project..but that the gist of it..

[Alan Robotkin]

Hi Whispers,and thanks for answering my plea for help.
I had ideally wanted to use load movie to load 50 of "a.swf "into the main timeline.Is this possible as the example you gave me loaded it into a new movie clip.
Can i load it directly into the main timeline instead
Alan

[whispers]

each .swf has to be loaded into 'somthing'..whether is a movieClip or a _level..

(a target...ie: empty movieClip is recommended)...

however all these 'containers' for the 50 a.swf's 'ARE' located on the main timeline..

[Alan Robotkin]

Whispers I realise that the movies have to be loaded into something but I wanted to load them into levels on to the main timeline as opposed to the Empty Movie Clip which I found gave registration problems and ended up with unnecessary actionscripting on its placement on the stage.
All I really wanted was a simple for loop and accurate placings of the clips
within a 500*600 Stage area and with your script the Empty Movie Clip ended up at the bottom right corner of the screen nd i had to use minus
numbers to centre it.Sorry to hasssle you.
Alan

[whispers]

I guess Im not understanding... you always going to have a registration point..

no matter if you use _levels or targets..

but if you want to use _levels instead (not recommended)

just change the code

var totalSwfs:Number = 50;

for(i=0; i<totalSwfs; i++){    
    loadMovieNum("a.swf", (i+1));
} 

however..they wont be placed randomly.. unless you place:

this._x = random(500);
this._y = random(600); 

in the first frame of a.swf so it can position itself randomly..

(and your still going to have your 'registration' problem as you put it).. so I dont know what "unnecessary actionscripting" you are referring to..

[Alan Robotkin]

Whispers i now realise why it had not worked when i tried it and i shall try your suggestion of putting a random in the actual a.swf
Thanks mate and i shall let you know in a couple of days if it worked.
alan

[Alan Robotkin]

Whispers
1.Now I need to know how I can load 5 seperate .swfs into the same movie by using a for loop. This can either take the form of the 5 .swf,s being in an array or /and the 5 .swfs all being located in a paricular folder called "Contents".This could be the better idea as you could then put 5 or 50 .swfs into that "Contents" depending on what u wanted loaded at the time.
I know this is mainly theoretical since it would be very stupid to load a lot of movies in to a .swf because of the heavy load it would impose
What d u reckon alan