Preloader problems

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I have a Flash detection .html page that points to a preloader for the main .swf. Everything seems to be working except that when the main .swf opens it’s frozen - none of the buttons work! The main .swf works perfectly when opened directly. I’m attaching a .zip of the preloader I’m using.

Anybody have any ideas as to how to fix things?

Thanks,

Sue

P.S. You can see it not work at [URL=http://www.tbc.net/~elfstone/index.html]

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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the preloader.
you should keep in mind that when you load an swf into another swf, the loaded swf’s _root is it’s parent’s _root. so, when referring to things in the loaded swf, you must refer to them something like this:
"_root.button" becomes “_root.loadedSWFcontainer.button”

I guess this is a very confusing answer…

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If I understand what you’re saying, I need to reprogram everything in the main .swf to refer up one level? I’ll give it a try! (writing code is still new and painful but I’m beginning to get the hang of it a bit)

Thank you!

Sue

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yeah I think that is your problem. I have had the same issues before :wink: