attach MC stops working when loaded into another SWF?

[styleBunny]

hiya,

i was able to attach librairy members to an empty clip(on the main timeline) from within another movieclip (on the main timeline). this worked well.
_root.descript.attachMovie("media", "media", 5);

now i have published that swf and when i load that very same swf into an empty movie, from another swf, the attachMovie script no longer works.

If i load my original swf onto a level,
loadMovie("2001_menu04.swf", 5);
the attachmovie still works, but then i load it into an empty clip like this:
loadMovie("2001_menu04.swf", loadIn);

the attachmovie from the original file stops working,
i spose its about changing the reference/target in this line somehow :
_root.descript.attachMovie("media", "media", 5);

i prolly in over my head but, but if i stare at it long enough the answer will come :|

thanks
p.

 

[oldnewbie]

myMovieClip.attachMovie( idName, newName, depth)

First IMHO, it's not really a good idea to use the same name for your attached movie clip... That could get you in trouble. Also note that the third parameter is a depth and not a level.

Second, when loading on a level, you should really use (if only for sake of clarity!) loadMovieNum rather than loadMovie alone.

Last, when loading in a container clip, your reference to _root, is what is keeping it from working.
You would either have to add the container's instance name in the path, or use this and/or _parent depending, rather than _root.

The reason it does work when loading on a level, is because then _root, refers to the root level of the loaded movie itself, and not the root level of the main movie.

Regards,

 

[styleBunny]

splendid, all fixed now thanks so much

a few questions to settle my own curiosity (feel free to stop reading here.)

what is the difference between a level and a depth?

like wise loadMovie and loadMovieNum? use loadMovie when i was loading an SWF into a container movieClip and loadMovie when just loading into ontop? is that right?

the reason i used _root was because i was having problems targeting my container clip from within another movieclip, so i fixed this, (prolly cos i wasnt using 'this' in the first place)its all about the scope right?

thanks olds
p.

 

[oldnewbie]

Start with these...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/layerslevelsdepth.htm

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/loadmovienum.htm

And partialy this one...

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/nesting_movies/nesting_movies05.html

It should clear up a few things. Enjoy!



Regards,

 

[styleBunny]

thanks guy, you are too kind