Unloading and loading movies within movies

[mechro99]

Hi, I've been using flash for a while, but never had a need for this function before. I'm trying to create a movie with an interface resembling a vintage radio.

I need to have a set of buttons, each loading a different movie (which will consist of only audio), and also unload the movie that previously was playing. The desired effect is to resemble switching channels on the radio.

Is this difficult to do?

 

[billwatson]

very easy to do

create an empty movie clip, F8, position it on the stage, give it an instance name and you are set

on the buttons

on release(){
loadmovie("my.swf",instance name of clip);
}

when you click another button to load another swf the file already there is automatically removed

 

[mechro99]

Thanks. I was hoping it was a quick fix!

 

[billwatson]

second thought

if the buttons are just loading audio files then no need for other swf's

just add to the buttons

on release(){
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("

http://www.path

to file.mp3", true);
mySound.start();
}
true sets the sound file to streaming

 

[mechro99]

If I do it that way, will it call up a media player device?
I don't want that to happen.

 

[billwatson]

no it wont do that...just play the music through the speakers

 

[mechro99]

Wonderful. Thanks again.

 

[mechro99]

I can't seem to find the "load sound" command in Flash 5. Is it a new feature? I tried copying and pasting your code, but I'm getting errors.

 

[billwatson]

yes that method is for mx

i'm not sure what, if any, the equivelent is in flash 5

you may have to go back to loading swf unless you can find how 5 handles sound or maybe someone else knows the answer