calling/loading functions/sounds of child swf from parent

[okiiyama]

I am in the process of creating a "Loader" swf which will load (currently) 1 of 3 swf movies which have a video layer and a sound layer.

Generically, How can I access functions and library elements of an swf loaded with: myClipLoader.loadClip(..)?

Mainly, the library element is the "soundtrack" of the movie (Which currently is set to be imported to first frame).


Thanks.

 

[pixl8r]

You should use _global functions Or an .as file. Your created movie clips can then call the same shared functions.

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[okiiyama]

Maybe this is the way it has to be done, and I'm fine with that, but I'm not sure I understand the reasoning as to why functions on a child's timeline are not accessible for the child when being called from anywhere outside of the child's timeline.

Example:
child_mc has a funciton on its timeline called speak(t:String). Which executes trace command of the argument. Also, child_mc has been exported for actionscript and on the first frame.

var temp_mc = _root.attachMovie("child_mc", "child_mc2", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
temp_mc.speak("Im new here");

The above code doesn't work, but what does work is:

function speak(t:String) {
 trace(t);
}
var temp_mc = _root.attachMovie("child_mc", "child_mc2", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
temp_mc.speak = _root.speak;
temp_mc.speak("Im new here");

The above code works