Loading a movie

1

I followed the tutorial on loading a movie but I wanted to mask it. I used this scripting from the great tutorial on this site.
but.onPress = function () {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1);
loadMovie(“loaded.swf”, “container”);
container._x =150;
container._y = 20;
}

This works fine, but I was wondering where is the empty movie clip located? How can I mask it when I can’t see it? What am I doing wrong? Anything anyone can suggest will help greatly. Thanks,
Marc:hair:

2

The reason why you can’t see it is because it’s not on the stage, your method of loading creates a empty movieclip with an instance name of “container” each time the button is pressed.

The only other way I can think of that might work is using setMask so do a search for it on the forums.

3

Thanks for always replying electrongeek. Your wealth of information never ceases to amaze me. I did do a search like you suggested. I found one and it works.:slight_smile: But I was also wondering if you or anyone else knows, Is there any other way to import a swf on the stage? I gotta do a lot of different things to it. Not only masking but also setting up a loader bar. This would be a lot easier if it were on the stage. Well, thanks again to electrongeek, and for anyone else that can help.
-Marc:hair:

4

If you want to add a loading bar (preloader) then just add it to each external movie. =)