# \[mx\] pls help correct this code
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 20, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936 "2003-02-20T00:23:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Lacuna](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lacuna)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/1 "2003-02-20T00:23:33Z")
I’m attempting to create a clickable source from a movie clip
so that when the user clicks on the movie clip another movie clip (specifically ‘profilecover.swf’) loads in a separate area of the screen. I’ve used the following code… can someone let me know what factors should be changed so I can do the above…
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ code:
onClipEvent (load) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“pcover”,1);
pcover.loadMovie(“profilecover.swf”);
this.onEnterFrame=function(){
var l=pcover.getBytesLoaded();
var t=pcover.getBytesTotal();
if (l \> 0 && l \>=t){
pcover.\_x=170;
pcover.\_y=30;
}
}
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ end code.
:love:
~ S. Blaze
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/2 "2003-02-20T00:38:03Z")
And what seems to be the problem? :tie:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/3 "2003-02-20T01:57:24Z")
i get the following:
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Scene=Scene 1, Layer=profile, Frame=53: Line 11: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
onClipEvent (load) {
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=profile, Frame=53: Line 22: Syntax error.
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but i thought i was making it for an instance…[stumped]
:love:
~ S. Blaze
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/4 "2003-02-20T02:10:59Z")
I dont get much of those types of errors…
but i think it means you need to Give an instance name to th MC
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/5 "2003-02-20T02:19:02Z")
how do i give an instance name to a mc that is being externally loaded with several layers of it’s own… sorry if it seems to be an easy question.
:love:
~ S.Blaze
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/6 "2003-02-20T02:23:28Z")
Were did you put the External Loading code
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/7 "2003-02-20T02:26:30Z")
it’s in the code on the first post…?? is that not correct?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/8 "2003-02-20T02:27:35Z")
the actual mc i am loading is in the same folder as the main file.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/9 "2003-02-20T03:02:25Z")
> Scene=Scene 1, Layer=profile, Frame=53: Line 11: Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances
> onClipEvent (load) {
Scene=Scene 1, Layer=profile, Frame=53: Line 22: Syntax error.
the code is supposed to be used in the movie clip actions and you’re placing it in the timeline … 🙂
if you want to use it from the timeline it should be something like this:
```auto
instance.createEmptyMovieClip("pcover", 1);
pcover.loadMovie("profilecover.swf");
instance.onEnterFrame = function() {
l = pcover.getBytesLoaded();
t = pcover.getBytesTotal();
if (l>0 && l>=t) {
pcover._x = 170;
pcover._y = 30;
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/10 "2003-02-20T03:05:16Z")
or in the mc actions:
```auto
onClipEvent (load) {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("pcover", 1);
pcover.loadMovie("profilecover.swf");
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
l = pcover.getBytesLoaded();
t = pcover.getBytesTotal();
if (l>0 && l>=t) {
pcover._x = 170;
pcover._y = 30;
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/11 "2003-02-20T03:27:28Z")
ahhhhhh… none of this stuff is working!! let me try to explain because I must be leaving something out.
I have a movie clip - lets call it mc1 - (it can’t be a button because of it’s nature) that loads upon entering the keyframe.
Now I want mc1 to load ANOTHER movie clip - lets say mc2 - farther down the screen when someone clicks on mc1.
The PROBLEM arises because the mc1 loads on a blank keyframe which i therefore can’t change into a symbol and mc2 can’t contain the button properties because they need to click on the mc1 to make it work.
Am I just not understanding the above help or did i not properly explain myself originally? PLease PleAse help me out guys…i am at a total lost with this.
:love:
~ S. Blaze
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/12 "2003-02-20T03:43:08Z")
oops … sorry
i didn’t pay attention to your first post :-\
```auto
mc1.onRelease = function () {
createEmptyMovieClip ("holder", 1)
holder.loadMovie ("somefile.swf")
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (holder.getBytesLoaded() == holder.getBytesTotal()) {
holder._x = 170
holder._y = 30
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/13 "2003-02-20T03:52:56Z")
so since mc1 cant have an instance name because it has to load on a blank keyframe…what do i do then…i am really really sorry that i am making this hard. I’ve also tried to create a button underneath the externally loaded mc1 but even when i increase the layer # on the button it stays underneath mc1… am i making any sense at all? I think this might just all sound like babble.
:love: ~ S. Blaze ~ :love:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/14 "2003-02-20T04:02:24Z")
you’re right … we’re making this too hard
> so since mc1 cant have an instance name because it has to load on a blank keyframe
the instance name will remain in every single frame of the whole movie
ok …
you have a movie … in x frame of the movie you load another movie containing mc1 ?? then you load another movie when mc1 is pressed ?? [size=1]:: confused ::[/size]
can you attach your files ? 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/15 "2003-02-20T04:05:45Z")
1 sec and i’ll upload them
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/16 "2003-02-20T04:08:09Z")
[size=1]:: takes a beer and waits ::[/size] 😛
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/17 "2003-02-20T04:30:00Z")
~~whew…here we go…
check it out @ [http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.swf](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.swf)
…i need this (which is an external mc) to be clickable and able to load mc2 which has about 6 or 7 of it’s own layers when you open it up as a separate file to edit.
:love:
And thanks a lot for all your patience and help Kax. I’ll owe you big for this one!
:love: :love: :love: S.Blaze
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Also some other locations:
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.swf](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.swf)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.fla](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.fla)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.html](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/practice.html)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.swf](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.swf)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.fla](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.fla)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.html](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.html)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.swf](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.swf)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.fla](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.fla)
[http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.html](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/boxopener.html)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/18 "2003-02-20T04:47:11Z")
do you have a mac ?? i can’t open your files :-\
if you do … zip your files. usually it solves the problem =)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/19 "2003-02-20T05:08:00Z")
FINALLY…
Thanks for the continued help. Here’s the zip.
[Zip File](http://www.cyberwebs.org/test/rgprofile.zip)
:love: ~S. Blaze
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mx-pls-help-correct-this-code/13936/20 "2003-02-20T05:36:16Z")
WHOOHOOO… i was altering that last coding you gave me and came up with :
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onMouseDown = function() {
createEmptyMovieClip (“holder”, 8)
holder.loadMovie (“boxopener.swf”)
this.onEnterFrame = function () {
if (holder.getBytesLoaded() == holder.getBytesTotal()) {
holder.\_x = 400
holder.\_y = 70
}
}
}
* * *
which works!! Oh YEA!! That’s what we like to see. Now as the final touch (if possible) can I change the cursor look to an arrow or something so ppl can easily tell they are suppose to click on the wording??
P.s. Kax … you are amazing and you can’t believe how grateful i am for all of your help!!
:love: ~ S.Blaze
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