Q about Loading SWF at Different Depths

[Mirsky]

Hi. I own Flash 4 and I recently downloaded the demo version of Flash
2004 MX. I'm having trouble understanding how to load swf files into
different depths (i.e. stacking orders) in Flash 2004 MX. In Flash 4, I
used the Load command which required that I include a URL parameter, for
the location of the swf file, and a level parameter, for the depth of
the file, i.e. the file's stacking order. I'm not sure how to dictate
the stacking order using Flash 2004 MX. There is a LoadMovie command,
but I am not sure if it works the same was as the Load command in Flash
4. Can anyone explain how I can load different swf movies into different
stacking orders in Flash 2004 MX?

Thanks,

Mirsky

[Adam Albright]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 17:48:38 -0700, Mirsky <mirsky@mirsky.com> wrote:

>Hi. I own Flash 4 and I recently downloaded the demo version of Flash
>2004 MX. I'm having trouble understanding how to load swf files into
>different depths (i.e. stacking orders) in Flash 2004 MX. In Flash 4, I
>used the Load command which required that I include a URL parameter, for
>the location of the swf file, and a level parameter, for the depth of
>the file, i.e. the file's stacking order. I'm not sure how to dictate
>the stacking order using Flash 2004 MX. There is a LoadMovie command,
>but I am not sure if it works the same was as the Load command in Flash
>4. Can anyone explain how I can load different swf movies into different
>stacking orders in Flash 2004 MX?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mirsky

To load a movie into a level (layer) you need to specify the movie
name and level. The main timeline is always 0. A movie loaded into
level 1 will be on top of 0, 2 will be on top of 1 and so forth. There
are many ways and methods.

example:

loadMovieNum{"myMovie.swf",4;) would load a movie at the forth level.

There are also ways to determine which level a object is on, switch
levels, etc..

Perhaps a better method for many situations is to just create a empty
movie with a instance name. In the example below I used a instance
name of mainHolder1_mc and use it as a holder then load into it. This
way you can reuse the same container over and over again, the contents
(what you load into the movie holder) automatically takes on the
properites of the container. In other words whatever you want to do to
the contents, you address its container, not the contents.

So if you wanted a movie you load into the empty movie holder to scale
to 50% or move to x or y postion, or become invisible or have a
gradient fill etc., simply use

loadMovie("myMovie.swf",mainHolder1_mc);
mainHolder1_mc._visible = true;
mainHolder1_mc._xscale = 50;
mainHolder1_mc._yscale = 50;
mainHolder1_mc._x = 200;
mainHolder1_mc._y = 400;
mainHolder1_mc._alpha = 80

and so on... there over a couple dozen things you can control with the
MovieClip class. The above would change a invisible movie to visible,
scale the movie to half size, and move it to have its registration
point at x = 200, y = 400 and change the opacity to 80%.

[karDEL]

loadMovie("movie1.swf", 1);
loadMovie("movie2.swf", 2);
loadMovie("top.swf", 99);

"Mirsky" <mirsky@mirsky.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hi. I own Flash 4 and I recently downloaded the demo version of Flash
> 2004 MX. I'm having trouble understanding how to load swf files into
> different depths (i.e. stacking orders) in Flash 2004 MX. In Flash 4, I
> used the Load command which required that I include a URL parameter, for
> the location of the swf file, and a level parameter, for the depth of
> the file, i.e. the file's stacking order. I'm not sure how to dictate
> the stacking order using Flash 2004 MX. There is a LoadMovie command,
> but I am not sure if it works the same was as the Load command in Flash
> 4. Can anyone explain how I can load different swf movies into different
> stacking orders in Flash 2004 MX?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mirsky