Externally handle two shows in AS2 with a dynamic button at highest depth?

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Hello everyone,

I have been coding in AS3 for about 6 months (love it) and now it seems I am forced to go back and learn some AS2. I feel it necessary to mention, this is a pure code project. No drawing with the mouse.

I have two .swf movies with which to work.

  1. movie introduction written in AS2. Cannot edit this file.
  2. Slide show that I wrote in AS3.

The final product includes two important buttons:

  1. “SkipIntro” button to skip ahead to the slide show .swf.
  2. “ReplayIntro” button to skip back to the introduction .swf.

I have created a 3rd file in AS2 as a controls mechanism to coordinate the loading of the external movies. At first I tried AS3 but the AS2 introduction .swf was missing elements at load time. I am using
loadMovie(“introduction.swf”, this.getNextHighestDepth()); to load the movies without problems.

My problem is that I need some way to keep the “ReplayIntro” button at a higher depth than the slide show .swf so it will remain visible and accessible.

Originally, the “ReplayIntro” button resided IN the slide show .swf. This created the same problems loading the AS2 show from AS3 so I am looking for a new approach.

My inclination is to create some kind of dynamic text button that changes from a “SkipIntro” to a “ReplayIntro” depending on which show is displaying while constantly maintaining the button at the highest depth.

Any thoughts or pointers how to accomplish this with AS2?

Thanks,

Ryan Rankin