Something about _root. or _parent, i think?

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Hey gals/guys

      sorry about the bad title for this post, at the moment i'm so confused i don't even know what to call my problem!

First of all, I’m a noob to all this and I realise my way around things may be a little slower than using advanced action script but it’s the level I’m at for the moment, primative? yes, beyound me? no. :wink:

     So here's the deal...

I’ve set up a main stage right! within this stage I want to populate some preplaced null mc’s with swfs [these will act as as a menu system].

     EG. once i have, say "menu_1.swf" loaded into "option1null"

loadMovie("menu_1.swf", "option1null");  

    like so.

i want to be able to click on a button titled “load menu 2” within the loaded “menu_1.swf” and load another [different] swf into another null mc on the mainstage.

     So far I have tried:


       loadMovie("menu_2.swf", "_parent.option2null");
       
       loadMovie("menu_2.swf", "_parent._parent.option2null");
       
       loadMovie("menu_2.swf", "_root.option2null");
       
       loadMovie("menu_2.swf", "/option2null");

the above code being placed within the button titled “load menu 2” that I am clicking on which is in “menu_1.swf” loaded into “option1null” - hence my misguided [cause it don’t work] use of the parent and root functions [is that right-ish? :-/]

     [I figured i didn't need any root reference etc. on the menu_2.swf cause all my swf's are in the same dir. correct?]

I’m positive the answer is somewhere in these forums but because I dodn’t really know what I’m doing, I don’t know what to search for so… here i am.

     cheers big time to all who take time out to lay eyes upon this.
     
     -Demian