loading external txt with links to .swf files

[goodtoe]

i am loading a external text file with html links. I would like to know if anyone out there know how to make those links load .swf files, that would work with the levels hierarchy of the original level0 file. I tried passing a variable that would be detected by a movie clip on EnterFrame but no success, maybe I had written something wrong. Loading just the swf file will replace the html page on the browser.

 

[billwatson]

you can use asfunction to get this effect
in the text file make the links like this

<a href='asfunction:loadthis,main'><u>Main SWF File</u></a>

then in flash on the main timeline

function loadthis(file){
movie = file + &quot;.swf&quot;;
loadmovie(movie,holder);
}

where holder is the instance name of an empty movie clip on stage.

 

[goodtoe]

i will try that. i let you know in a sec how it worked. thanks anyway.

 

[goodtoe]

bill, what does main in 'asfunction:loadthis,main' stands for? and the load this is just a function to load 'main'?

 

[billwatson]

loadthis is the name of the function in flash
main is the variable to be passed
clear as mud ??

 

[goodtoe]

so far so good. but then in flash, which ones of these lines i will have to modify?
function loadthis(file){
movie = file + &quot;.swf&quot;;
loadmovie(movie,holder);
}

the name of my file is teste.swf and the holder will be 'this'

other question, can i run that script on onclipEvent (enterFrame)?

 

[billwatson]

teste instead of main in the text file and this instead of holder in the function

i dont like using a reserved word (this) as a movie clip instance name. that may cause problems.

not sure what you mean by using on enterframe. the function will be triggered by a click in the text file.

 

[goodtoe]

so the function on the main timeline could be on the first frame?

 

[billwatson]

could be..no reason why not...but if the textfield is nestled inside a movie clip then you will have to target the loadthis function from the text file with something like

_root.clip.loadthis,teste' etc

 

[goodtoe]

yo bill,
thanks a lot. it makes sense. but my limitations are stopping it from working i guess. I am still having a hard time figuring out what do i have to change to make it work for me. The name of the file i will launch will be portfolio01.swf

on the text file i have:
<a href='asfunction:loadthis,main'><font color=333333>View</font></a>

on the first frame:
function loadthis(file){
movie = file + &quot;.swf&quot;;
loadmovie(movie,holder);
}

Not wanting to be a pain in the rear, but already being,

 

[billwatson]

change main to portfolio01 and make sure the clip is called holder

if you still dont have it ill make you a small fla and post it

 

[billwatson]

this is it at its simplest

http://billwatson.no-ip.info/public/loadingfromtextfile.zip

 

[goodtoe]

you kick ass. thanks a lot. owe yo big time