onEnterFrame doesn't work for a clip loaded with loadMovie

1

I haven’t been able to find documentation on why loaded movies via
‘loadMovie’ into another movie clip don’t seem to obey onEnterFrame
commands. The following code represents a movie clip, ‘container’,
which has a loaded external .swf file, ‘box.swf’.

I have set the container to begin a decreasing alpha change. I’ve also
added a trace to see if the onEnterFrame is performing at all. What
happens is that the box does not appear to have an alpha change. There
is, however, a trace that returns an output of ‘100’ only. But no
other numbers, suggesting that the command has stopped.

// Start

container.loadMovie(“box.swf”);
container.onEnterFrame = function () {
trace(container._alpha);
container._alpha -= 1;
}

// End

2

You have to assign the onEnterFrame after the movie is fully loaded.

3

make sure it has been loaded :slight_smile:

flash can never load a clip in 1 line of code, it needs like, 10 lines to load up…

just use:


container.onLoad = function(){
container.onEnterFrame = function () {
trace(container._alpha);
container._alpha -= 1;
}
}

so it will assign the code when it has been loaded…

should work

4

well “lines” is not how you should think about it :wink: its more a matter of “time”. All lines of code that are to be run are basically run in one instance of time (though still maintaining order). A loaded movie cannot load and be accessible in that single instant.

5

lines of code that are to be run are basically run in one instance of time

not really true…

when executing a set of lines, it DOES goes in a few 0.00001 second or so :stuck_out_tongue:
this problem can also be fixed when you just give it a few extra lines… or assign it onLoad…

i think of it as lines, it can be both, just like you prefer…

6

hense “basically” :wink:

7

hmm, whatever, atleast its working now i guess :stuck_out_tongue: