What’s up with onClipEvent (load)?

1

Dear Group

I would like to load an external swf into a movie clip but I want to put the action script not in a layer, but in the movie clip itself. So I’m going with onClipEvent (load) . I have this script on the movie clip

onClipEvent (load) {
loadMovie(“pic1.swf”, this);
}

But…nothing happens! What am I doing wrong? I have changed the target from this to the name of the movieclip but also, no joy. Pls guys, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Vic

2

The code should work. You dont get any errors on the output window?

3

everytime it loads, its reloading. dont put that in onClipEvent(load)

4

Thanks guys for replying.

claudio- I dont get any error message whatsoever from the output window.

senocular, I’m not quite sure what you mean. I was under the impression that the onClipEvent code only executes once and doesnt repeat itself. Okay so I might be wrong, but still, how am I going to load an external swf into a mc by placing the code into the mc and not a layer?

5

…I guess you could use an [font=courier new]if[/font] statement to check if bytes total of the movie clip is equal to 4 (which is the size of an empty movie clip placed on the stage). :slight_smile:

onClipEvent (load) {
	if (this.getBytesTotal() == 4) {
		this.loadMovie("pic1.swf");
	}
}

And welcome to kirupa forum! :stuck_out_tongue:

6

Thanks! The code works like a charm. If you’re ever in London town, I owe u a drink!

7

You’re welcome, greg. :slight_smile:

Originally posted by gregFly
If you’re ever in London town, I owe u a drink!

…Sounds like a plan. :wink: