Scenes and externally loaded swf

[manaki]

K I'm going to try to describe this as accurate as I can,
I have a project where we want a transition animation between scenes(that is not controlled by the user) so in a seperate scene I have the animation swf being loaded and I want the swf to be unloaded at the end of the animation and then automatically go to the next scene, I've tried using _root. on the external swf and _level0 but I can't seem to get it to work, oh by the way I have the external swf being loaded with this code
loadMovieNum("video/T1.swf", 1);
Please help! Thanks so much
amanda

 

[Adam14]

Have you tried using a frame label in your next scene and targeting that?

 

[manaki]

Yes I did try that,
Thanks
manda

 

[Adam14]

can you post your fla or a mock up of it?

 

[manaki]

Could I email you a mock, unless there's a place in here where I can add a zip file

Amanda

 

[oldnewbie]

Targeting a scene name definately won't work, and as Adam suggested your should target a labeled frame.
Label the targeted frame in the targeted scene with a unique label (no number only labels or at least not starting off with a number) such as my_scene2 (or whatever suits you), add _level0 to your path, and target that labeled frame...

on(release){
_level0.gotoAndPlay("my_scene2"
}

The code can be used on a frame action, without the on(release) handler. You might want to unload the movie on level 1 also, or you can make it invisible adding the following to the above code...

this._visible = false;

 

[manaki]

So If I were to have this code on the external swf would it work?

stop();
_level0.gotoAndStop("about"

or to I need an event handler?
Thanks
amanda

 

[oldnewbie]

Yes it should work! Assuming your level 1 is no longer visible if it was covering up the main movie with some background, and "about" is an unique label on the main timeline.

 

[manaki]

Weird, as far as I can tell it should work, "about" is the frame label. I can' t seem to get it to work, oh by the way I looking at some other posts of your on fscommand, it really helped me out.

 

[oldnewbie]

You could e-mail me your mockup .fla. Hit my handle above for my e-mails. The .fla should be zipped up and in MX only format.

 

[manaki]

Sorry I didn't write back but I tried to email you but the message didn't go through so I posted a zip onto a website.

http://www.manaki.ca/TMPpmecntilmn.htm.

Thanks again anf let me know if you didn't get it.
Thanks

 

[manaki]

If anyone could take a look at my mock fla, I would appreciate it so so much. Please check the link above
Thanks so much

 

[oldnewbie]

Can't open your T1.FLA. Crashes my computer every time!
Can open test2.fla, but for all I can see, you're not using what we suggested above, but targeting the scene name.

Maybe try to re-zip your main.fla?