Junk Mail 1 <jmail1@medwi.com> wrote in message news:<BC768E25.1C6B%jmail1@medwi.com>...
> I am having a difficult time doing something that would be very easy in html
> - creating a link between sections of a website.
>
> Let me explain...
> I have a base SWF that I called "intro.swf". This SWF has three scenes, a
> Preloader, Intro and Base. In this "Base" scene of this SWF is a movieclip
> placeholder and several labels for each section of the site - basically
> navigation. The mcPlaceholder is available in all section labels.
>
> The navigation buttons load an external SWF into the mcPlaceholder.
>
> In one of these external SWF's (Portfolio), I would like to place a link
> that would load a different SWF (News) into the "Base" scene of the main
> "intro.swf".
>
> The button in Portfolio.swf is nested three symbol levels deep. I have used
> the following actionscript to try and achieve my goal...
>
> on (release) {
> with (_level0) {
> gotoAndPlay("base", "news");
> loadMovie("news.swf", "placeholder");
> }
> }
>
> Now, this has some degree of success - the News.swf does play. However, the
> other elements in Intro.swf (navigation buttons, background, etc.) are all
> gone. It's as if the News.swf "replaces" the Intro.swf in the browser
> window. OR, the News.swf is covering up the Intro.swf underneath?
>
> If anyone could provide any insight or assistance, I would greatly
> appreciate it. Thanks.

> Your code looks good, but if its replacing the other content then what
> is probably happening is that its replacing level0 with the news swf.
> This could have something to do with the "with(_level0)" statement.
> I'd change it to:
>
> on (release) {
> _root.gotoAndPlay("base", "news");
> loadMovie("news.swf", "_root.placeholder");
> }
>
> Cool?
>
> Troot