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To All Who Know More than I do-

I have posted once on FlashKit and recieved some helpful information. I have a few more bugs to work out and was hoping that someone on Kirupa could help me.

I am doing a spoof project in school where I have to build a website for a ‘photographer.’ So I need to showcase his pictures. I have to create 1 portfolio with 30 photos that been provided to me. The photos are all about 50K each. So naturally I cannot import all of these photos into my movie, the file size would be way to big. (Using Flash gets me extra credit)

Im not allowed to use thumbnails. Just a back and forth button.

This is what I am trying to build. I want the movie to be 30 frames long. On each frame is a stop command. (easy) And on each frame is an actionscript calling one specific image. (loadMovie (“myimage.jpg”, myClip); I’ll then have two buttons to navigate from frame to frame. Simple right?

The script I am using loads the picture from the server (or hard drive). However when it loads, it takes over. The picture is maximized to fit the stage. And the buttons dissappear. So the viewer is left with one image and nothing else. I want the picture to load into the clip and be able to access the buttons.

Here is where I need your help. Is there something wrong with my script? Do I need to put some special scripting into the MC? Is there a better script or method? I’m new to actionscripting but am pretty capable in flash. I am running MX.

Any and all help you can give me is wonderful. I truly appreciate it. So far everyone on FlashKit has been helpful. I hope to hear from an AS guru.

Thank you,
Johnathan:)

I have attached a file for you to get an idea. If you don’t mind.

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welcome remote control =)

i was wondering … do you have to do it that way ?
here’s a really really quick example because i got to go :slight_smile:

it’s pretty easy so i don’t think you’d problems with it :wink:

hope it helps :smirk:

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Kax-

That worked perfectly! I thank you so much. You are a life saver. If it is any consolation, I recieved an A for the whole project. So again, many thanks to you.

I have a question just for reference, is there a way to change what the error messages say? How can I get to those?

Thank you so much, this has been a tremendous help!

Johnathan:)

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anytime rc. glad you like it =)

and … wow! i got an A!! :stuck_out_tongue:

I have a question just for reference, is there a way to change what the error messages say? How can I get to those?

what error message?? :sleep: :stuck_out_tongue:

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Cheating is bad, folks.

Na, I’m joking :evil: :evil: :evil: Studying is no good without cheating.