if i get it right this sounds more like a initialization or depth problem. attachMovieClip should work. have you tried createEmptyMovieClip with a getNextHighestDepth and load those icons into those? hth: lars
Am 07.03.2006 22:37 Uhr schrieb "Marlon Harrison" unter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have a parent swf that loads in a series of children swfs and acts > as a browser for them. Within the children swfs - there are a number > of hotspot movieclips that trigger other events. I'd like to > centralize the appearance of those 'hotspot' movieclips to the parent > swf so that if i need to change how the icon's look i can change it > once in the parent rather than in each child swf. > > I thought that the best way to do this would make the hotspot clips > into placeholders and use attachMovie to put the appropriate icon on > it. The problem is that is appears attachMovie doesn't work if the > path to the clip is in a one of the children swfs that was loaded. Is > this correct? If so, is there a workaround of some sort that I can > try? > > > Thanks! > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
