Buttons dont work when loading movie

[Xiajain]

Hi Support Team,

I am trying to make a website in flash that displays some research i've done.
I have some buttons that load different swf files using loadmovie. One of the
swf files that I want to load is a simple slide show. (I also tried using the
load_image.fla flash file that came as a sample when I got flash). When I load
the movie into my target, the buttons on the slide show don't seem to function
at all. In fact none of the pictures load. However, when I run the swf file by
itself the images load perfectly and the buttons are fully functional. Is there
something special that I need to do in order to get the buttons to work? I have
my loadmovie command below. Thanks so much.

loadMovie("load_image.swf", "targetmc");
loadMovie("welcome.swf", "targetmc2");

-Deva

[Stelios Jijikakis]

hi Xiajain,

it sounds like problem with the paths.
do u have the external files next to the html file you are using to load
your main movie?

your main swf movie when is getting loaded in a html page then leaves also
in there, that means if you have your external files somewhere else and not
next to the html page, you will not be able to load them.

give us some more info about the structure ofy our files (.html and .swf) to
see where they are!

thanks
steliso


"Xiajain" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c21b3m$550$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi Support Team,
>
> I am trying to make a website in flash that displays some research i've

done.

> I have some buttons that load different swf files using loadmovie. One of

the

> swf files that I want to load is a simple slide show. (I also tried using

the

> load_image.fla flash file that came as a sample when I got flash). When I

load

> the movie into my target, the buttons on the slide show don't seem to

function

> at all. In fact none of the pictures load. However, when I run the swf

file by

> itself the images load perfectly and the buttons are fully functional. Is

there

> something special that I need to do in order to get the buttons to work? I

have

> my loadmovie command below. Thanks so much.
>
> loadMovie("load_image.swf", "targetmc");
> loadMovie("welcome.swf", "targetmc2");
>
> -Deva
>

[CesareRocchi]

Seems a problem with code. For instance, have you absolute references like
'_root ...' in the
movie you are loading? If yes pay attention because, once loaded in another
movie, those references
point to the _root of the movie in which you load your swf.

In FlashMX 2004 you can lock the root. In MX you should use relative
references e,g,

on(release) {
this,_parent.playSlideShow();
}

HTH,

-c.