Controlling a parent movie from a child movie in flash
kenyabob (303 points) | Fri, 2006-06-16 16:31I have a blank index page that loads and when it does, it loads a separate swf for the first page. On this page, each button has a command similar to this:
on (release) {
loadMovie("page2.swf", "_root.mc");
}
This then swaps out the main page for the second page in the master timeline. However, once I get to the second page, all the links fail to swap out the swf for other swfs. If I change the order (loading page2 before the main page) than the links on page2 will work but the main page ones will not!
I don't understand why I only get to swap the main timelines movie just once. Is it something in my code?
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On the first frame of your page2.swf put this frame action:
trace( this );
And publish to the swf.
Then run your main program. When you load your page2.swf into the _root.mc movieclip, the output window will come up telling you the direct path to the first frame of that clip. It should look something like:
_level0.mc.(clip instance)
That might help you in your scope for what on( release ) actions you put on those buttons.
If you need help, send me an email at and I could have a quick peek for you. I'm a fulltime flasher, so I should be able to figure it out pretty quickly.
Good luck.