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flash (macromedia) : How to close an external swf loaded into the main movie?


Laiverd.COM
11/2/2003 12:38:32 PM
Please do not crosspost; it's irritating and apart from that you're inviting
people to waste time on a question that probably already has been answered.

John

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Laiverd.COM
11/2/2003 1:41:17 PM
Actually we don't care about urgency (without offense); we are all
volunteering here so are under no obligation whatsoever to help no matter
what the urgency is. That's something one has to learn to live with posting
here; it could mean that your question is not answered within 5 minutes, or
even within a day, or answered at all (which rarely happens I think). Apart
from that everybody here is more than eager to help (time and knowledge
permitting) otherwise they would not be here at all. And so am I (I answered
your question).
If it's really urgent get some paid professional help. If you're not willing
to do that, you might as well adhere to some basic newsgroup courtesy rules.

Good luck.

John


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Jack
11/2/2003 1:49:22 PM

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my 2c's

make core.swf - load the external (full-screen) swf to it
loadMovieNum("external.swf",1);

make button.swf - load it to core.swf -
loadMovieNum("button.swf",2);

in button.swf -
on(press){ unloadMovieNum(1); }

untested here, but the theory is sound :)


Laiverd.COM
11/2/2003 2:26:29 PM
Like I said in my answer. It's impossible to change a Flashfile without the
original .fla file. And as you stated that you don't have that, my feeling
is that you're sh*t out of luck. What you want to do is creating an original
egg from a scrambled one. Maybe someone knows of another solution, but all I
can think of is recreating the whole thing from scratch.

No help (sorry), merely some insight.

John

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Pete
11/2/2003 10:31:44 PM
I lost my source files and I just want to add a close button to the an
external (full-screen) swf that will be loaded into the main movie. Is it
possible? I just want people to be able to close the external movie when
it's has finished playing.

Pete
11/2/2003 11:19:33 PM
Thanks for sharing :) but it is a real urgent matter so I hope you guys
understand.


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Ciaran
11/2/2003 11:25:35 PM
I sent Peter a possible solution. It was Flash-related so the posting =
wasn't inappropriate. There were only two posts in this thread that were =
a waste of my time.

Not everyone with an urgent problem has the means to fork out the =
spondulicks for "professional help". And have you ever tried to find a =
plumber on a Sunday ?

Ciaran

See! Now I'm doing it. Sorry folks. There's three now.

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Ciaran
11/2/2003 11:46:19 PM
Read on, John, you might learn something.

Next time, could you help some other group please, not everyone has time =
for so much sharing.

Ciaran

Eggs aside, my feeling is that you are sh*t out of ideas, for one thing. =
Good thing we all don't have to start from scratch, otherwise there'd be =
a lot of sticks still being rubbed together.

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Pete
11/3/2003 12:20:09 AM
Such a relatively long reply.

After doing a quick search I've seen you are pretty helpful around here.
That's good to know. Now, if someone could give me a plug for my problem?

(For those affected, please disregard my cross-post in the flash
actionscript.)








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Pete
11/3/2003 12:34:42 AM
Hmm I was thinking if it would be possible to import the external swf into a
movieclip and then use actionscript to close that movieclip?

Btw, I just posted this just now so whoever got it by accident sorry


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Pete
11/3/2003 1:27:32 AM
Thanks! I'll give it a try :)


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