Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
> I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
> Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
> if I
> get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
> loaded
> swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
> to be
> able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
> starting to
> dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
>
> (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
implemented
> the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
> difficult to
> arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
> changing
> the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
> load an
> external library the way we do external clips).
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
>
> On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
>> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
>> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
>> If not, sorry for bothering
>> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
>> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
>>
>> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
>>
>> /*
>> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
>> child's instance name the work is done.
>> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
>> this one):
>> * try to provide some <test_code> that lets you find in a not ambiguos
>> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
>> */
>>
>> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
>> if(test_code) {
>> desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
>> * if there's no such <test_code> thing, sorry I have no idea..
>> */
>>
>> HTH
>> francesco.p
>>
>> Jim Tann wrote:
>> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
>> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
>> that is
>> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
the
>> > child swf's library.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
August
>> > Gresens
>> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
>> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
>> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>> >
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
>> another
>> > clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
>> > MovieClipLoader).
>> >
>> > For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
>> > project
>> > that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
>> > clip,
>> > can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in
the
>> > main
>> > project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics
>> all
>> > in
>> > one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>> >
>> > >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
>> > treated
>> > as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
>> > this
>> > correct?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > August
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