# Multiple Pop Up Windows - Problem! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 31, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917 "2006-03-31T05:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 5:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/1 "2006-03-31T05:59:26Z")
Hey, I am having some difficulty in making some centered popup windows in Flash. Here is what I have at the moment: My flash website has one main swf file containing all of the buttons that will open other flash movies inside the main one. I followed the tutorial on 'Full Flash Site" - so my buttons open swf movies inside the main movie I have. One of the external movies that my main movie loads is a gallery with multiple thumbnails. I want each thumbnail to open a popup window but it isn’t working. Is this because the movie I am trying to add popup links to is \*inside \*another movie? How do I resolve this problem? Here is a link to the movie preview: [http://www.misslight.com/main.htm](http://www.misslight.com/main.htm) If you rollover the symbols above the star you will find ‘gallery’. Click it to see what I mean. If you load the gallery.swf file on its own, the popup works. But not when you load it the proper way. Can someone please help me with this problem? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/2 "2006-03-31T07:51:17Z")
\_parent or \_root linking problem i think! ---
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/3 "2006-03-31T08:09:10Z")
> [@Pascal S.](#): > > \_parent or \_root linking problem i think! Any suggestions on how I fix the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/4 "2006-03-31T08:11:27Z")
check if the links are ok…? ---
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/5 "2006-03-31T08:29:08Z")
> [@Pascal S.](#): > > check if the links are ok…? The links are fine. As I said, it works when it loads the popup from the gallery.swf on its own, its when the main swf movie loads the gallery.swf movie into it that the popup stops working. ---
**Author:** ![nrirureta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@nrirureta](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nrirureta)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/6 "2006-03-31T08:43:37Z")
can you post source code… ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/7 "2006-03-31T08:45:21Z")
yes so you load something in something and then the linkage isnt good anymore post your fla pls and the swfs that need to load ---
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/8 "2006-03-31T12:39:27Z")
You can download the fla files from my website. I have uploaded them into zip format. The Main2.fla is the movie that loads the external movies. It is the gallery that needs to launch the windows from the thumbnail buttons. I eventually will need to have 40-50 buttons around my site that will launch popup windows so I need to know how to do that. Thank you to everyone for helping. [URL=“[http://www.misslight.com/misslight.ZIP](http://www.misslight.com/misslight.ZIP)”] [http://www.misslight.com/misslight.ZIP](http://www.misslight.com/misslight.ZIP) :kir: ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/9 "2006-03-31T12:55:23Z")
hehe in the gallery change \_root.openWinCentre to this.openWinCentre can you tell me why there is \_root infront of that i dont think you need it ---
**Author:** ![Gupps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gupps](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Gupps)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/10 "2006-03-31T13:15:43Z")
\*misslight this has to do with the pathing issue. You should read up on senocular’s explaination about This./parent/root/ etc. you can try the \_lockroot ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/11 "2006-03-31T13:21:41Z")
he doesnt even need the \_root and \_parent its works fine without it ---
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/12 "2006-04-01T05:49:30Z")
still doesnt work! ---
**Author:** ![misslight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@misslight](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misslight)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/13 "2006-04-01T05:50:50Z")
still doesnt work! ---
**Author:** ![Pascal\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@Pascal\_S](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Pascal_S)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/multiple-pop-up-windows-problem/183917/14 "2006-04-01T15:04:33Z")
jessica dont write \_this. but only this.