I have always understood that you cannot attach an asset from the library of one swf into another loaded swf. I've never succeeded in doing it and haven't seen a workaround.
Sorry I can't be more helpful. Please can someone prove me wrong! Adrian P On 3/7/06, Marlon Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks > > I don't think attachMovieClip will work in this instance from what > I've been reading. Perhaps I can clarify a bit more. I have a > container swf that loads in a series of children swfs. All of my > code is in the container swf, as are the icon movieclips. I want to > use attachMovie to put an icon on a path that's inside of one of the > children swfs. > > If I add the movieclips to the child's fla and export them like I have > in the container swf, they load OK, but obviously that's what I want. > > > > On 3/7/06, lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > [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
