Hmm...Complex buttons with _root.container?!

1

Hi there,

I’m in the process of creating 2 websites. In the first, I used buttons on my main menu and used the tutorial on loading external swf files into a container movie clip (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/transitions2.htm) and this worked a treat!

However, I’m onto another website now and am using the complex rollover/rollout effects button tutorial (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/button_effect.htm) and am trying to combine both.

However, I can’t get a swf to load into the container movie clip.

Any advice?? I’ll be super grateful to anyone who can help!

Thanks!

2

Better post some code or something, we don’t have anything to go on :slight_smile:

3

Hi there,

Thanks for taking the time to look into this with me! This is the code that I am trying to use on the complex rollout/rollover button/movieclip:

on (release, releaseOutside) {
_root.container.loadMovie(“comingsoon.swf”)
}

I get the feeling that because the rest of the code:

*stop();

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(rewind == true){
prevFrame();
}
}

this.onRollOver = function(){
rewind = false;
play();
}

this.onRollOut = function(){
rewind = true;
}
*
…is embedded within the movieclip on the first frame, that this is where I should put my “onRelease” code. However, I’ve tried that and I can’t seem to get it to work!

I’m just not sure how to tweak the “onRelease” code to make it work to load an external swf file into a “container” movie clip. Is it because of where the code is or simply becasue that code is only suitable for buttons rather than movieclips?

Thanks in advance!!!