loadMovie question

#1

Hi,

In Flash 5:

If I call the loadMovie() method and then immediately try to call stop() on the loaded movie, it will not work.

However, if I call stop() elsewhere, it will work.

Could someone explain why this is the case? I tried looping until the movie is loaded but it still will not work.

Thanks,
—atomgiant

#2

Are you calling stop(); from within the loaded movie or from the main movie ?

#3

I am calling stop from within the main movie.

For example, I have a clip with an onLoad event that will attempt to loadMovie() the new movie by calling a function similar to the following pseudo-code (this is not the actual code so ignore code errors):

onClipEvent( load )
{
init(); // calls the init function listed below

// NOTE: if I call _root.myClip.stop() here it will work
}

function init()
{
loadMovie( ‘movie.swf’, ‘_root.myClip’ );

_root.myClip.stop(); // this will not work
}