ActionScript 2.0 :: Loading And Controlling External SWF Files
Jan 12, 2009
What I am trying to achieve is the following:
I have a main file (main.swf)
Within this movie i have 5 buttons; Nos. 1-5.
When released each button will load an external swf movie clip:
e.g: button 1 will load "1.swf", button 4 will load "4.swf", etc.
However, this is where I am stuck; each external swf movie clip has its own lead in animation as well as its own lead out animation. So say for example I release button 1, "1.swf" will load and play its lead in animation before it reaches a certain point in its playhead with a 'stop' command. Then lets say, for example, I then release button 3. What I would like it to do is play the lead out animation of "1.swf" before it plays the lead in animation for "3.swf". Obviously I would want this to happen regardless of what button I press, so therefore I would want it to play the lead out of the loaded movie before loading and playing the corresponding swf file of what button I pressed. Would I use loadMovNum or load the swf within a movie clip container?
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