I need help with an "if" statement and an external swf

programming flash
1

Hello All,

Ok this is what I’m trying to do. When I hit a nav button, it tells the data box to run an action and then load the external swf. I want the external data to wait until the box has completed opening before it loads into the target. Can you guys help me with this scripting or tell me if there is a better way to do it. The box will be reusable so if you know an easier way please let me know. I tried to use a preloader function as a reference. I am probably wrong.

[AS]on (release) {
_root.databox.gotoAndPlay(“open”);
ifFrameLoaded (_root.databox.data_holder, “stop”) loadMovie(“test.swf”, “_root.databox.data_holder”);
}

[/AS]

here is the site so you can get a better understanding… The only button that works right now is BIO

www.larhymes.com/LAR.html

2

when accessing a variable, you don’t put quotes around it so here it is corrected:

on (release) {
        _root.databox.gotoAndPlay("open");
        ifFrameLoaded (_root.databox.data_holder, "stop") {
loadMovie("test.swf", _root.databox.data_holder);
}
}

hope that worked :slight_smile:
p.s. also make sure the flag “stop” is set in the appropriate frame in the movie.

3

didn’t work…still loads before completing the animation. what am I doing wrong?