Now, I always thought this couldn't be done. In the past I've designed Flash systems that dynamically load in hundreds of swf asset files, and the controlling container swf has instructed loaded-in swfs to attachMovie assets in their own Library.. eg, the controller has told a loaded movie to attach and play a Sound asset in its own Library. The attachMovie is happening within that loaded-in movie's clip level.
However, as most Flash developers know, and the Flash documentation explains, you cannot attach an asset in a dynamically loaded Flash movie's Library into a clip in another Flash movie (other than the clip to which the loaded-in swf is attached). Sorry if that's as clear as mud. eg, in the attachMovie doc, http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00001487.html someone has stuck a comment :- "You CANNOT attachMovie with assets from a dynamically loaded library to any other timeline than where the library was loaded. IE: Load your swf into _level0.mc1.mc12 you CAN attach to these locations: _level0.mc1.mc12 _level0.mc1.mc12.mc123 _level0.mc1.mc12.mc124 _level0.mc1.mc12.mc125 you CANNOT attach from this loaded library to these locations: _level0 _level0.mc1 _level0.mc2 _level0.mc2.mc21 and so on...." BUT! I've heard on the grapevine that a developer who knows a developer who knows a developer knows how to attach assets in a dynamically loaded swf's Library into clips in the containg movie. My client has caught wind of this and now wants me to do it... I would just dismiss it as nonsense, but there's a sentence in Macromedia's documentation that makes me wonder (actually talking about lockroot, which AFAIK only has the purpose of making _root references in loaded content continue referring to that timeline.. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00001519.html "When calling loadMovie(), set the MovieClip._lockroot property to true in the loader movie, as shown in the following code. If you don't set _lockroot to true in the loader movie, the loader has access only to its own library, but not the library in the loaded movie:" Could this be a mistake in the documentation? If not, then HOW do you attach stuff from one movie's Library into another movie?? _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com 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
