Hi everyone,
I’ve posted this problem in a couple of different forums now, and while I’ve received a fair bit of help on it, none of the suggestions given to me have actually worked.
I’m having a really weird problem with loadClip(), using Actionscript 2.0.
Basically, I have a main .swf, into which I am loading another .swf using loadClip(), on the click of a button. It loads into an empty movie clip on the timeline of the main .swf called container_mc. So far so good, this works.
The problem comes when I am trying to control a movie clip instance that lives on the timeline of the external .swf. This clip has the instance name test_mc, and I’m trying to control it using the reference _level0.container_mc.test_mc. I have also tried just plain old container_mc.test_mc.
Neither of these work, though when I apply a trace to test_mc on the timeline of the external swf (test_mc.onRelease = function () { trace(this); }), it returns the path _level0.container_mc.test_mc (when clicked on after being loaded into the main movie, obviously).
I’ve attached a couple of files demonstrating the problem I’m having. It seems to me that the problem is probably something a little amiss with my code, as in theory I’m pretty sure what I’m trying to do is perfectly possible.
If anyone can shed any light on this situation, I would be eternally grateful. Cheers for any assistance!