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file. I am trying to load the image using the LoadMovie function. How can
I do it? I can't get the proper syntax...
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name..for some reason it doesn't use the content of the varaible...but
rather the varaible name...
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I have a variable "boothimage". The variable contains a path to a JPG file. I am trying to load the image using the LoadMovie function. How can I do it? I can't get the proper syntax...

I have the expression check box checked... and when I put in the variable name..for some reason it doesn't use the content of the varaible...but rather the varaible name...

Please help!

Thank

I'd suggest using the loadMovie() method, rather than the function:

_root.Picture.loadMovie(boothimage);

But some reasons that it might not load are:

1. The variable "boothimage" is not in the timeline where the above
command is issued, and so must have a path supplied to get at it.

2. The target movie clip either has ceased to exist on the timeline,
does not yet exist on the timeline, or does not exist on the _root (every
level has a _root, but there is only one _root per level).

3. The string content of the variable "boothimage" does not resolve to a
filename in a location that exists.



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those who understand binary numbers and those who don't."
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Byron "Barn" Canfield
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I tried putting the variable in quotations and that does not work either.
Also the image is being laoded into a movie clip called "Picture"...
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Hi,

Here it is:

loadMovie(boothimage, "_root.Picture");

boothimage is a variable that contains the path and filename to the image. I tried putting the variable in quotations and that does not work either. Also the image is being laoded into a movie clip called "Picture"...

Any help would be appriciated.

Thanks,,

Rob