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Problems with loadMovie

I am using an empty movie clip to load an external .swf so I can place the clip where I want.

I give the clip an instance name and drop it onto the stage, put a loadMovie action on that frame, using target and the name of the instance.

Nothing happens.

It works if you have nothing past it in your main movie, but once you start adding the external file doesn't load.

Any ideas? Do I have to add more frames after the empty clip.

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bankle

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Ok, I make an empty movie clip, put it on the stage, give it an instance name, then make a layer called "actions".

Say my movie name is harry.swf, and my instance name is harry, the code is ...

loadmovie("harry.swf","harry");

This doesn't work if I have 1 keyframe; looks like you have to insert more frames to accommodate the size of the external swf? Then it works. I want to load movie1, then movie2, then movie3, etc, All external swf's. The file size gets rather large. Why do I have to add more frames?

And this technique won't work in my main movie still-is it because I don't have enough frames in the timeline to accommodate the external swf???

Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong . . . please !~!

rootdir

You are right, why to add more frames? only one keyframe is sufficient. And you can load 'n' movies inside blank movie.

Definatly this technique will work, because it is made for that purpose. Clearly yo are doing some thing wrong. I have created example for you post your email or send me email on 'rotdir@hotmail.com'. I will send you that example.

bankle

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My email is electrovox@hotmail.com

I found it slows everything down on my main timeline badly.

Thanks

bankle

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I have found you have to add the same number of frames that the loaded movie is, otherwise it doesn't work.

If you have a movie that is 20 frames and in your main movie you don't have 20 frames on the timeline for it, it doesn't work.

bankle

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Thanks rootdir - answer accepted