Unload and Load movie scripting problem

[DougofTheAbaci]

ok i'm having problems with some scripting.  here's what i have:

on (release) {
   unloadMovie(container);
   _root.mainmenu.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
   loadMovie("menu.swf","container");
   container._x = -8.8 ;
   container._y = 0 ;
}

in theory, this is supposed to unload then load a .swf file in another movie on my stage... but it doesn't want to be nice to me and work.  anyone see where i'm going wrong?

[Dark Prism]

Well, where is the menu saved to? I would say you would want to make "menu" a movie clip instead of a .swf so that you can have the clip right in the main .swf, eliminating the problem of finding where the menu.swf is.

[DougofTheAbaci]

nah the problem isn't that.  and by putting it into the main clip i increase my file size.  by having it as an external .swf i don't have that.  the problem comes when i try to load and unload it from another external .swf file.  though i think i can figure it out.

[Dark Prism]

well if you want it online, you need to upload the menu.swf first, then put the link to it into your code to tell the script where the clip is coming from.

[Hawk]

Code:

on (release) {
unloadMovie(container);
_root.mainmenu.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
loadMovie("menu.swf","container");
container._x = -8.8 ;
container._y = 0 ;
}

Code:

unloadMovie(container);

I dont see a problem with that, would make sense to make sure there's a container movieclip to unload before actually unloading.

Code:

_root.mainmenu.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);

ok, so you're creating a new empty movieclip inside mainmenu movieclip.

Code:

loadMovie("menu.swf","container");

hmmm this is weird. you're saying load the movie menu.swf into container. but don't you have to give the path where "container" exist?

like this...

_root.mainmenu.container.loadMovie("menu.swf");


i believe thats the problem.

Code:

container._x = -8.8 ;
container._y = 0 ;

same thing here. you created container inside another movieclip...you need to give the path to it.

[Turro]

You know flash too, Hawk?
What you use it for?

Sorry, if somebody asked this before...

[DougofTheAbaci]

he had this crazy colour thing once... or was that machall? but thanks i'll give it a go and see if it works.

once i've got enough of it up and running i'll post a link for people.  right now the only section that actually has anything other then an under construction post on it is the links section. once i have a few more sections done i'll post to see what you guys think.

[Hawk]

You know flash too, Hawk?
What you use it for?

Sorry, if somebody asked this before...

I do Flash at work

http://www.applegeeks.com/temp/Artt891/index2.html