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The external SWF will always "open" on frame 1. Are you saying that the
particular frame you will want to send the SWF to will vary? If so, I
suggest this:

/**************************************
Script for _parent movie:
**************************************/
this.targetFrame = 3;
this.emptyClip_mc.loadMovie("external.swf");


/**************************************
This script goes in frame 1 of the external SWF.
Frame 1 is otherwise empty.
**************************************/
this.gotoAndPlay(_parent.targetFrame);
//the above assumes play action wanted.

Hi

I have a large flash presentation for the web, and cannot put all of the
slides in one flash file for download speed issues. RIght now the 23 slides
are divided up into 5 different .swf files. I am wondering if there is a piece
of action script like loadMovieNum which can also include a frame number or
frame label. I can do this in Director, but have been unable to find the code
in FLASH.

I want to call an external FLASH file and instead of opening up on frame 1 I
would like to tell the movie where to open up... Either a frame number or a
frame label.

Hoping someone can help me with this seemingly simple request.

Thanks

Robner

Why don't you put an empty screen with a "stop()" on the first frames of your
external movieclips. When the swf has finished loading, you just jump to your
desired frame using gotoAndPlay("FirstSlide").

Hi

Thank you for your reply! Let me see if I understand this correctly...

/**************************************
Script for _parent movie:
**************************************/
this.targetFrame = 3; ----------------------------------does 3 represent the
frame# - Would "text" represent a label target
this.emptyClip_mc.loadMovie("external.swf"); ------does emptyClip_mc
represent the name of an empty mc instance

Hi RocheG

Each external .swf has 5 frame labels in it. When going forward through the
presentation all external .swfs open up correctly on its frame #1 and play.
But... When you navigate backwards say from label #11 (external.swf #2) to
label #10 (external.swf#1) you wind up on label#6 because that is frame #1 for
that external .swf. I need to tell the the playback to jump ahead from frame#1
to label#10 in this example.

Sometimes I will need external .swf #1 to open up and play the first slide,
but when the next external .swf #2 opens, going back one slide will require the
last slide of external .swf #1 to open up and play.

I might be confused, but it seems that the solution you reccomended will
always send the playback ahead to the same frame. Is this understanding
correct?

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The 3 is in integer form and so represents a frameNum. "3" would also
interpret as a frameNum, as you can't use numbers for frame labels. "_3",
or some variant, would work as a label.
emptyclip_mc is an instance name of an empty movieclip symbol.