loadMovie, loadMovieNum, attatchMovie

[Geoff]

hello

My site successfully uses 'attachMovie' to grab some pages from the library. I use this method so that these key pages are preloaded as they are (loaded before frame 1)

I have now added a page that uses 'loadMovie'. It's a big one (119kB) and it has its own preloader. Eerything worked well when I tested it, but the buttons that used attachMovie no longer worked.

Any ideas please ?

Oh, and what is the difference between loadMovie and loadMovieNum ?

Many thanks

geoff

[claudio]

loadMovie = load into target
loadMovieNum = load into level

[kode]

hey Geoff,
probably an addressing issue... could you post your code or attach your FLA? :)

and claudio,
you can use loadMovie to load into target (MovieClip) and level. ;)

[claudio]

Only on expert mode, otherwise flash automatically replace loadMovie for loadMovieNum.
Right?
:)

[kode]

i have no idea. :P

i've never used the actions panel on normal mode. :crazy:

[claudio]

Hmmm, i think i am right, ive read that somewhere....:-\

:)

[kode]

yup... that's right, i just checked it out. :P

but that doesn't mean you can't use loadMovie to load into a level. ;) :P

[claudio]

Yeah, i didnt want to get Geoff confused :P
Oh well, you are right once again (-:

[kode]

nah... maybe i'm just stubborn. :P :beam:

[Geoff]

Thanks for the info

i have solved it, I wasn't using 'unloadMovie'. I dodn't think I had to. I thought that attachMovie and loadMovie were effectively the same in as much as they would load on top of the target host movie.

// my cut down code is:

on (press) {

_root.content.unloadMovie("test.swf");


// this movie (test) would have been loaded into content by a loadMovie action

}

on (release) {
_root.content.attachMovie("about", "content", 0);

// this movie (about) is the new movie to replace test.swf.

}



The code works but because I am not very confident and experienced in this, I can't help feel that there is a "correct" way

What do you think please
Geoff