Waiting for a clip to load before calling a function

[imon]

Is something wrong with this code? I am trying to tell Flash to wait to call generateEventClips() until timeline_events.swf has been fully loaded into events_mc. But I don't think it is doing so, because the clips that the function is supposed to generate don't appear unless i call the function at least two frames later.

var events_mc = new MovieClipLoader();
events_mc.addListener();
events_mc.loadMovie("timeline_events.swf");
events_mc.onLoadComplete = generateEventClips();

[matriculated]

When you loadMovie on a clip it overwrites your onLoadComplete function - stupid, I know. You can use setInterval to call a function to check if your events_mc is loaded by checking to see if it's events_mc._getBytesLoaded == events_mc._getBytesTotal

[stringy]

Is something wrong with this code? I am trying to tell Flash to wait to call generateEventClips() until timeline_events.swf has been fully loaded into events_mc. But I don't think it is doing so, because the clips that the function is supposed to generate don't appear unless i call the function at least two frames later.

var events_mc = new MovieClipLoader();
events_mc.addListener();
events_mc.loadMovie("timeline_events.swf");
events_mc.onLoadComplete = generateEventClips();

i also normally use a loop method but this seems to work ok


this.createEmptyMovieClip("loader", 1);
ml = new Object();
ml.onLoadComplete = generateEventClips;
var events_mc = new MovieClipLoader();
events_mc.addListener(ml);
events_mc.loadClip("timeline_events.swf", loader);
function generateEventClips() {
trace("loaded");
}

[imon]

Thanks for your answers.

Matriculated, I tried that command, it didn't work. I must have put it in the wrong place.

Stringy, your code worked like a charm, but I really want to understand how it works and I have no clue right now.

what is ml? It seems to me that the code is waiting for ml to finish loading, not events_mc.

by the way, is Object the same thing as a movieclip in this case?

and why are there no parentheses after generateEventClips in the line

ml.onLoadComplete = generateEventClips;

?

Pardon my noobness, but your help is appreciated.