[thelist] [Flash] ::: External .swf ::: Access to "parent" object model

Benjer futureweb at macmail.com
Thu Nov 14 09:24:01 CST 2002


when a swf is loaded into a movie, it replaces the content of that movie.

you can still access _root from within that movie.

so basically yes not a problem, in your new movie:

loadMovie("newMovie.swf", _root.container);

On 14/11/02 3:58 pm, "Chris Marsh" <chris at webbtech.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I am currently obliged to edit a Flash movie and have very little Flash
> experience, so please forgive me if my terminology is incorrect.
>
> The flash movie contains an empty movie clip which loads an external
> .swf on a given event. I need to now have an event within the external
> .swf which loads a different external .swf file into the movie clip
> within the "parent" .swf file. If I can do this, how do I reference the
> movie clip? I know that if the reference was within the movie clip
> itself I could use (eg) _root/MovieClip, but within the external .swf I
> am assuming that when I make this reference it's looking for MovieClip
> within itself, rather than from the root of the "parent" file...
>
> Hope this is clear :)
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
>
> Chris Marsh
>





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