*sigh* Yes - just a typo on my part. Cheers, Ian
On 2/28/07, Karina Steffens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
H Ian, _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst1.inst2.inst1.res17 You still have inst1 duplicated here - or is this a typo? Thanks for sharing your findings, btw :) Karina > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 February 2007 18:42 > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] [Solution] MovieClipLoader woes > (Irritating BugAlert!) > > Hi folks, > I just thought I'd share the solution to this - a very irritating > AS2 bug/feature that took me an age to track down. > > If you have a bunch of nested movieclips and any of them (down the > chain) share a name, such as: > > _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst0.inst0.inst1.res17 > > (I know, not terribly readable, but autogenerated by our > clip-creation code. Note all the 'inst0's) > > then loadMovie() (and by extension, MovieClipLoader) will > silently fail. MovieClipLoader will trigger no listener > events at all, not even an error. And whereas loadMovie() > will trace a semi-useful error (that it can't find the clip), > MovieClipLoader won't trace anything at all. > > Changing it to: > _level0.nav1.nav.mod0.inst0.clip1.inst1.inst2.inst1.res17 > > (i.e. getting rid of all the 'inst0' duplicates) > > solves the problem. > > Flash itself can cope quite happily with clips named the same > thing in a clip chain. It only falls over when loading into > one of the children. > > If anyone wants to share my pain, the full rundown is here: > > http://wildwinter.blogspot.com/2007/02/irritating-bugs-no-1679 > a-loadmovie-and.html > > Cheers, > Ian > > On 2/26/07, Ian Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Has anyone ever come across a situation where > MovieClipLoader just > > refuses to fire any events whatsoever? > > > > The situation: > > > > - Flash 8, running in IDE or as local projector (on Win XP) > > - A whole pile of successful MovieClipLoader calls have been made > > (probably 50 or so by this stage), _including_ the very same bit of > > code which later fails. > > - Nothing else is loading/streaming at the same time. > > - Three calls (in rapid succession) are made to a function > which does > > the following: > > > > - creates a new MovieClipLoader > > - creates a new MovieClip (at a new depth) > > - assigns a new listener for the MovieClipLoader > > - starts loading a .swf into the clip. > > > > The first two times, it works perfectly. The third time, no > events are > > fired and the clip apparently doesn't load. > > > > On each occasion, we wait for the previous load to successfully > > complete first (onLoadInit) before we call the function again. > > > > Completely repeatable each time. > > > > The loaded .swf isn't doing anything odd (it contains no > code whatsoever). > > > > *sigh* > > > > Any ideas? Or robust alternatives to MovieClipLoader? (Bokel's > > LoaderClass is a little heavyweight for what I want to do, > but I might > > take a look at it). > > > > Ian > > > _______________________________________________ > [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
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