Overlaying movie clips using getNextHighestDepth

hi all,

I am trying to load movie clips into a movie clip within a Main swf stage triggered by the standard OnRelease from symbols - For eg, there are four buttons (page 1, page 2, …etc) and they must load in each movie clip (page_1_mc, page_2_mc) into container_mc.

For what i am doing i need to be able to see the clip below the one thats just been loaded, hence trying to use the getNextHighestDepth command.

I have been trying with createEmptyMovieClip in conjunction with the getNextHighestDepth but can’t seem to make it work - the clips just replace each other rather than load visibly over each other. For what i am doing i need to be able to see the clip below the one thats just been loaded, hence trying to use the getNextHighestDepth command.

In the Main swf file, which contains the buttons, they each have :

//
on (release) {
_root.container.loadMovie(“page1.swf”, this.getNextHighestDepth());
}
//

The buttons load the external movie files page1, page2, etc, into a movie clip within the Main swf, called ‘container’. I need the external swfs to load in at successively higher depths within that container such that the previously loaded one is still visible. The reason they go into that container is that I would like that container to appear below other graphics and symbols in the main swf. Am I totally off track here?

Thanks!:slight_smile:

Alex