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Loading a movie in a x and y position, simple but it does not work

Hi all,

I have a Flash movie with a movieclip inside called main (main has been dragged into the stage).
In main at certain frame I have:
loadMovie("teletipo.swf", 1);

Which loads teletipo.swf but in a x=0 and y=0 position. As I need it in a x=320 and y=165 position I've done:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
container._x =320;
container._y =165;
container.loadMovie("teletipo.swf");

But this does not load the teletipo.swf ... what am I doing wrong? How should I fix it?
Thanks a ton in advance!

biyik

Hi!
You can try
loadMovie("teletipo.swf", container);

Dada44

ASKER

Hi biyik, thanks for answering.
I am doing oadMovie("teletipo.swf", container); and it is not working, is not loading the movie :(
I have put the line by itself and created a movie clip called container .. but it does not work

biyik

Creating a holder movieclip is a good solution. But can't understand why your codes don't work (by the way, container.loadMovie("teletipo.swf") is same with loadMovie("teletipo.swf", container); I just wanted to try...

Dada44

ASKER

thanks biyik .. don't know why it isn't loading the movie and if I do just loadMovie("teletipo.swf", 1); it does .. can I postion teletipo.swf from this line?

Dada44

ASKER

I don't get it .. why loadMovie("teletipo.swf", 1) works and not the other code ??

Just in case something is bothering the main movie here's teletipo.fla (26kb)
www.vivocom.es/test/teletipo.rar

Please help me with this, I'm going nuts!!
Thanks again!

Dada44

ASKER

Any ideas? Please I'm going nuts!!

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Craybe

The problem is that you are trying to assign an x & y value to the container before it's content exists.

You need to create a listener so once the movie starts to load and the contents exists you assign the values to it.

Below is the code, let me know if you need more info.

//Create your Container Movieclip
this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
//Create the Listener Object, it will act as the object to trigger events off
var loadcheck:Object = new Object();
//Run the event once the movie starts to load
loadcheck.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
        //target_mc is the movie you are listening for.  This allows you to reuse the listener object.
	target_mc._x = 320
	target_mc._y = 165
}
//Create a Movie Clip Loader
var loadswf:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
//Add the listener to the Movie Clip Loader
loadswf.addListener(loadcheck);
//Load content into the loader
//Args are (Name of Movie Clip, Movie Clip to Load into)
loadswf.loadClip("teletipo.swf", container)

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Craybe

Wow that looks a mess here is the code without the comments:

this.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 1);
var loadcheck:Object = new Object();
loadcheck.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
        target_mc._x = 320
        target_mc._y = 165
}
var loadswf:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loadswf.addListener(loadcheck);
loadswf.loadClip("teletipo.swf", container)

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