shared libraries

[jzauner]

I'm fairly new to Flash, less than a year in addition to my other responsibilities as a designer.

The site I'm working on is pretty expansive. There's more than 150 pages (swf files) and there's the likelihood that the navigation will need to change at several points during the year as new products are designed, so I need a way to update the navigation on every page as a separate linked item.

I've read a bit about shared libraries, but nothing that's helped.

Here's a link to the site:

http://origin-8.com/site/index.htm

Thanks in advance.

 

[oldnewbie]

This is the best info I've ever seen on shared libraries...

http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000227.php

Regards. Web Hosting - Web Design
03/13/05 -> OLDNEWBIE VS FLASHKIT

 

[jzauner]

Let me ask this, would it be easier or better to import the navigation as a separate .fla file and call that file to a movie container?

 

[jzauner]

okay, change of direction:

I've decided to load a the navigation into a container. I found some code, but I can't make it run onLoad

but.onPress = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 100);
loadMovie("loaded.swf", "container");
container._x = 0 ;
container._y = 0 ;
}

What I'm hoping is the "loaded.swf" will load when the movie loads, not when the "but" instance is pressed.

 

[jzauner]

Nevermind

Just figured it out:

onLoad = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container", 100);
loadMovie("loaded.swf", "container");
container._x = 0 ;
container._y = 0 ;
}

The above seems to work