Hello

Can you load an external .swf into an empty movie clip and then advance the
playhead so the loaded .swf starts on a frame other than frame one

I've tried the following, but it doesn't work

on(release)
loadMovie("test.swf",emptyclip)
emptyclip.gotoAndPlay(10)


Anyone know if this can be done and what the code for it is

Thanks so much

Jake Lyma

emptyclip.gotoAndPlay(10)
That's exactly how to do it, but you need to wait untill the .swf is fully
loaded before it will work. To do this you will need to check _bytesloaded and
_bytestotal. If they == then gotoAndPlay(10

Thanks Beally

That makes perfect sense. The only thing I can't wrap my mind around is how
to implement it. If I right an "if" statement and put the
_bytesloaded==_bytestotal code in it, the .swf still might not be loaded and
thus my gotoAndPlay(10) code would still be for naught. Do I also need to
right some sort of function so that it keeps checking until it is fully loaded?
If so, do you know the basics for that

Thanks - and great site! How did you do the 3d plasma thing? Did you use a
program other than flash

Jake Lyma

Right; you'll need to create a loop that keeps checking. There are two ways
that come to mind. One is more of a designer way, the other a developer way.
First the dev way

on(release)
loadMovie("test.swf",emptyclip)
_root.onEnterFrame = function(){ //this is a function that checks every frame,
_root is where it placed(main timeline
if(emptyclip._bytesloaded==emptyclip._bytestotal && emptyclip._currentframe<10)
emptyclip.gotoAndPlay(10)
delete _root.onEnterFrame; //delete the functio



the only problem is i'm not the greatest developer and havent tried that, so
it might not wor

the other way would be to make a MovieClip(MC) that has two frames. frame
1:blank, frame 2 is an MC with the code
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(emptyclip._bytesloaded==emptyclip._bytestotal && emptyclip._currentframe<10)
emptyclip.gotoAndPlay(10)
_parent.gotoAndStop(1)



then on the button
on(release)
loadMovie("test.swf",emptyclip)
_root.preloader_mc.gotoAndStop(2)


So basically when it's time to load, the preloader_mc goes to frame 2 which
has an MC that is constantly chwecking to see if its loaded, and once loaded
and moved it goes back to frame 1, where the checking MC does not exist

Thanks so much Beally!

Your answer is exactly what I needed. I haven't checked out the code yet to see if it works, but it makes perfect sense, so thanks.