Preloading a swf with an embedded loading zone

1

Hi

I built up a website with a main loading zone (using a movieclip named “mainzone”). The content of each menu item loads up using this code:

on (release) {
loadMovie (“page.swf”, “_root.mainzone”):
}

one of the pages has its own loading zone ("_root.mainzone.viewzone"). I wanted to had a loading message to this page using the following code:

on first image:

ifFrameLoaded (“content”, 1) {
gotoAndPlay (“content”, 1);
}

on second image:

gotoAndPlay (1);

The loading message does appear and the page loads up. However, the embedded loading zone does not work anymore (it works with no preload). When I click on the links, nothing happens, therefore nothing loads up in the “viewzone”.

Any idea how to solve this problem?

Thanks.

2

without actually looking at your code, I would say that most times it is an addressing problem. Run your movie in the debugger. It may help you determine the actual level of each object. Otherwise, I would suggest you post your code or your fla, and we’ll take a stab at it.

Good luck!

3

Thanks for your reply…

I guess this is a level problem, but I’m not sure how to determine on which level everything is. The debugger turned up _level0 for the main timeline, but I don’t know about the rest.

The links on the main timeline have this code:

on (release) {
loadMovie (“page.swf”, “_root.mainzone”);
}

Once “page.swf” is loaded, links on the swf have this code:

on (release) {
loadMovie (“content.swf”, “_root.mainzone.viewzone”);
}

I tried putting _level0 instead of _root…as well as using _level0 on the main timeline and _level1 on the loaded movies, but it doesn’t seem to work.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

Everything loads up fine…except if I add a preloader to the embedded movie, in which case, the links placed on the loaded movie do not work anymore.