Loading GIFs into MovieClips... no reaction?

programming flash
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Greetings, all-

I’m using the following code to load two gif images into two movieclips (I used the sample code from the flash help and adjusted it a bit):

//---------------------------------------’
var team1_img_file = “hamburg.gif”;
var team2_img_file = “gladbach.gif”;
//---------------------------------------’
_layer2.createEmptyMovieClip(“team1logo”,0);
with(“team1logo”) {
createEmptyMovieClip(“container1”,0);
container1.loadMovie(team1_img_file);
};
//---------------------------------------’
_layer2.createEmptyMovieClip(“team2logo”,0);
with(“team2logo”) {
createEmptyMovieClip(“container2”,0);
container2.loadMovie(team2_img_file);
};
//---------------------------------------’

The gif images are in the same folder as the flash file- does flash require a physical path / full address?

The facts:

  • I receive no error.
  • “_layer2” does exist and is not obscured by anything.
  • using “this” instead of “_layer2” gets the same result.
  • the images don’t show up.

I am satisfied with every fact except the last. any ideas?

Thanks!