I have a variable that is refers to the names of folders, and I need to insert the variable into the pathname when I loadMovie. I cannot seem to get the variable to become part of the pathname
loadMovie('VARIABLE/image.jpg', _root.loadhere);
I've tried parenthesis, [], (), do not know the correct way to call the variable.
Oddly if I use a quoted string, like
loadMovie( "http://www.miniclip.com/games/cube-buster/en/cubebuster.swf" , 1);
it works fine
But if I pass in a variable:
var fullpath:String = "http://www.miniclip.com/games/cube-buster/en/cubebuster.swf"
loadMovie( fullpath , 1);
it fails ???
Can't find anyone else's comments on such an issue.
Using flash 8, as2 on Mac osx
The example above remote domain example works fine within flash IDE
My actual application using a relative path to a sub directory, for a little obfuscation.
Here's what i'm trying to do: Hide a MC depending on the path variable as:
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Well that doesn't work, for some reason, i can't use a string as a multiple level path..
I'm creating a DVD with an image gallery, everything local. But the thing is my loaded images appears within flash, and not outside when I execute the swf. The path of the image is inside an array (from an xml file). If I write the path of my trace(array[x][x]), the image outside flash is shown. But when I write:
loadMovie(array[x][x].toString()) or loadMovie(array[x][x])
It doesn't...
I did a trace of array[x][x] and it shows me the exact path to the image..
Code:
_root.obra_mc.containerImg_mc.loadMovie("images/Patrimonio/Ceramica/"+(obras[0][1]).toString());
I've got an empty MC called "picture". This MC has the following path:
Code:
_root.container.picture
So, it's an external SWF (photography.swf) loaded in thru the container MC.When I make button at the first frame of photography.swf everything works fine. BUT, when I place the same button inside a MC (called "allphotos") I cannot get this to work.I use he following code for the button:
Code:
tb1.onRelease = function() {
_root.container.picture.loadMovie(image[6],6);
gotoAndStop(1);
}
It seems to "semi-work", because it loads blank. So at least the current photos disapears.I've used _parent, _level0 etc. Nothing.
I have a HTML stageholder, this calls a "mainMenu.swf" which essentially controls my site. This "mainMenu.swf" has three buttons: intro, portfolio and contact which are all individual movies. So far, all good... When I have clicked into the portfolio section a 3x3 grid loads with nine buttons, one of these buttons loads a preview page for four movies, when I load one of these movies it plays fine. What is the path to get the loadMovie command to jump back to the 3x3 grid page from this movie? Basically, what is the command to jump up a directory when using loadMovie?
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I'm trying to combine PHP/SQL and Flash. I've got a problem now. I want to load a variable that contains an url to an image. so the variable is like this: [URL] Now I want flash to load the image, not the text. The variable is called 'img1' but the loadmovie function doesn't work when I put it in.
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I have several movies (movieA, movieB, movieC) that have a button in them that loads another movieb into the same level thus replacing them. My problem is that i need the movieB to start playing from a particular frame depending on which movie, a, b or c loaded it.
I'm trying to find a way of using variables to make it work or maybe just a simple gotoAndPlay function but with no luck. Can you send a variable via loadmovie function?
a) thumbURL is a variable loaded from an XML file. The value is being passed correctly into Flash, as I have traced it and it outputs fine. thumbLoc is a number which increases through a for loop. So thumb0, thumb1, thumb2 etc. are the movie clips I want to load thumbURL into. The thumbURL I'm trying to load is in the format [URL] I have the following code:
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how to show variable from swf file with loadmovie?if main.swf loadmovie mc1.swf mc1.swf can sent variable in input text to main.swf?if it can how to show variable from mc1.swf in dynamic text in main.swf?
View 2 Repliesi hav one main swf inside which iam loading second swf, but instead of hardcoding it, iwant the secound swf to calldynamically using variables.
The querystring is as follows:
<PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="film.swf?extSwf=movie.swf">
This method works fine:
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The tutorial in The Best of Kirupa isn't working for me! When I try doing this:
rn = Math.round(Math.random()*1000000);
loadVariablesNum ("flashdata.txt?reload="+rn,0);
I get a debug error: Error opening URL "file:///C|/pathtofolder/flashdata.txt?reload=263757" Where the reload variable is the random number and flashdata.txt is the file that contains the variable I need.
I have several UIs and wish to automatically load images into the containers. I have repeated the actionscript line, which has created a lot of code.As the lines are similar all but the image number, I am thinking to use a loop and variable to insert the image number into the code. Here is the code:[code]a variable to replace the number between I am not sure how to do the same for the Movie Clip path.Is it possible to use a variable to define the number (2) in this statement?
View 2 Replieswhy I cannot use a variable in a path?
Code:
function buttonControl(buttonNumber){
var buttonClip = eval ("bu"+buttonNumber+"_mc");
this.target_mc.buttonClip.gotoAndStop("active");
}
I can work my way around it, but why doesn't it work?
I'm curious why this doesn't work.
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I am trying to create an xml based site navigation that will drill down to an infinite number of xml levels. I have tried to send an xml path as a variable with the currently selected menu item but I doesn't seem to work. Here is my code, it seems as though it should work, but it does not.
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how do you load in a variable amount of jpgs into an empty movie clip? for example, i have a mc called 'holder' which loads in and replaces the previously loaded jpg every 10 seconds from the folder called 'images'. but how can i make it work if the user first puts in 5 images, but at a later date changes that number to 7 images?
View 1 RepliesI'm designing a game where the levels are too big to be in one swf. so each level loads up a new movie- but if my wildest dreams came true i would be able to, for example, load level 2 and have it remember how well you did on level 1.is there any way to do this? to inject a variable from the first movie to the second one after it takes over?
View 3 RepliesBasically this script works just fine and loads the appropriate movie. The transistion exit frame also works correctly. What I am trying to do is load the movie site_services.swf and jump to frame label "database" after the preloader. I was attempting to use _root.contents.FLabel = "database"; to set the variable.
on (release) {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = "site_services";
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The bold below is what I would like to work, however it does not. It might not be able to happen like this at all.
basically on mouse down I take the event.target.name and perform a string manipulation to get the number out of the target and add some string to front and end to get the name of the movieclip I would like to effect. Is it possible to insert the value of dotName into the path?
eventName = event.target.name;
stringManip1 = eventName.substring(13, eventName.indexOf("_")); //get the Number before the _
dotName = "dot" + stringManip1 +"_mc"
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I have a variable that will change,
and i want to make it my movieclip path, example[code]...
Having trouble changing a variable for an object path:Set-up initial path:
Code:
displaySlide="slide1";
Change the path/variable through user action:
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I want to create a variable that I can call in a path. For instance:
Code:
var myVar = "varHome";
Then, to use in code:
Code:
_root.mcContent.varHome.gotoAndPlay(1);
Can you do that? This way obviously doesn't work (because I've tried it). Is it possible at all?
using a variable in a path to a MovieClip.
I have a menu with 4 tabs. When I click on one I want it to open and the previous one to close.
I'm storing the previous tab as a variable (_previousTab) but am having trouble adding the variable to the path to the MovieClip of the previous tab. The error Flash gives me is:
TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at MenuRun/menuOpen()
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If I replace mainframe[_previousTab] with the name of the MovieClip it works fine. I'm thinking it's something to do with the variable being a String perhaps?
why I cannot use a variable in a path?
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I can work my way around it, but why doesn't it work?
through out a very old complicated fla there are buttons which set variables using _global paths
such as:
function menu1_2(Event:MouseEvent) {
global.mode = "hide_hotbox";
MovieClip(this).gotoAndStop("stage_1_b");
}
How can I make the variable "hide_hotbox" and others like it accessible and changeable from any movie clip -- whether they be nested in other movie clips or on the main timeline, etc?
I need to load an external SWF into a movieclip, and get the name of the SWF from a variable from a class. The variable is called getSWF and is defined as the following in the class
public var getSWF = "movie.swf";
When I trace(getSWF); on the first frame of the main time line it outputs fine. However when I use the following code on the movieclip:
var imageRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest (getSWF);
var imageLoader:Loader = new Loader();
imageLoader.load(imageRequest);
addChild(imageLoader);
I get the error:
1120: Access of undefined property getSWF.