Controlling an *attachedMovie*?

programming flash
1

Is it possible to control a MC that is attached to another MC?

Example:

on (release) {

_root.loader.play();

}

loader is the blank MC… and I want to control the MC that is attached to it called movie1.

Is that possible? Why is it not working?

Thanks ahead of time.

2

of course, you can control the attached movie with its instance name that u give…
if your code is
[AS] loader.attachMovie(“mc1”,“movie1”,1); [/AS]
you can control it with;
[AS] _root.loader.movie1 [/AS]

e.s.x.s

3

you can also use this method, which is my personal favorite:

mc = attachMovie("clip", "clip", 0);

Now you can control “mc” as “clip”. e.g.:

mc._xscale = 50;
4

Thanks… e.s.x.s

The code worked just fine, and I got my MC controlled… The only problem is that the movie that is being attached will change a lot and I cant control straight to it.

Know what I mean?

Where you said: _root.loader.movie1

Depending on what button you push, it might be movie2, movie3, and so on.

So, I can exactly tell my button to control movie1 when some other movie was loaded into it.

Does that make sense?

Thanks!

5

i can’t understand well…but my answer is:
if you attached the “movie1” ,add your code:
[AS]
_root.myAttachedMovie = “movie1”;
[/AS]
and add below code to your buttons:
[AS]
on(release){
if(_root.myAttachedMovie == “movie1”){
//what you want to do
}
if(_root.myAttachedMovie == “movie2”){
//what you want to do
}
if(_root.myAttachedMovie == “movie3”){
//what you want to do
}
}
[/AS]

6

Thanks! I also found another way… see below.

BUTTON:

_root.loader.thePath.play()

FIRST FRAME OF MOVIE THAT WAS ATTACHED

_parent.thePath = this

Thanks for all the help… I appreciate it.

7

u r welcome skillet:) i couldn’t understand right, what u mean;) but now i understood:)

e.s.x.s