Hi everyone 
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I initially posted something similar in the CS3 forum, but it may have been a wrong place, since what I think I have is an AS question. I also had an ambiguous title which I couldnât edit after the fact. 
Apologies if this is not the right way to post! Please bear with me as I try to explain.
I have about 30 very simple external swfsâeach contain an image with tweened fades and rollover-to-pause/rollout-to-resume actions. Theyâre loaded onto the main timeline one after another as a slideshow. Itâs an auto-play and loop: each image swf loads the next one on to the empty movie clip after it is done playing. (i.e., swf1âs last frame loads swf2, and so on.)
This set up was fine until I realized that I should have a place-markerâsomething that indicates where you are in the slideshow. No other functions (go to next/previous) for the marker. I just need to show graphically that youâre seeing the 5th of 30 images. The graphic is 30 dark dots that get filled in as you progress.
To do this, I figured it would be easiest if I designate 1 frame per image (=one swf) on the main timeline. So, frame 1 will load 1.swf and when 1.swf finishes, frame 2 will load 2.swf. This will make it easy for me to color in the appropriate dots according to where we are in the slideshow.
What I think I need to figure out is to âpauseâ at each of the frames on the main timeline until the loaded swf is done playing. Theyâre all different in lengthâsome are 50 frames and some are 90 frames long.
I almost had it figured out from massive googling, but I honestly donât understand it well enough to tweak what Iâve found to do what I want it to do.
Also, if there is a way that I can easily make the âplace markerâ work without changing the way it is currently set up (1 frame in main time line; 30 swfs that load one another), that would be even more awesome!
I honestly think it is something that isnât all that complicated, but it is officially over my head. :crazy: :crying:
I really appreciate your help. Thank you in advance! 