Load Movie Hell...please help

[eskymo]

Ok - maybe i'm being totally thick here, as this has worked for in the past, but i can't get it to work now.

I have a slider movie clip containing separate movieclip image thumbnails, and within the thumbnails there's a button. this slider is sitting on the main timeline of the movie as well as an empty movie clip called 'img_holder'

i want to be able to click on a button on the slider and for it to load an external image.swf file into the blank movieclip.

have i got something wrong with my syntax here???


on (release) {
_root.img_holder.loadMovie("img01.swf");
}


please help. it's driving me nuts.

cheers

e

[Ricod]

not from what I see (I am a bit tired though) ...

You may want to check :

- Is the mc present at the moment you address it ?

- Is it still labeled at the moment you address it ?

[eskymo]

not quite sure what you mean by 'is the mc present at the moment you address it'. i am trying to load external swf files into a holding movieclip on the main stage.

i have no idea why this isn't working.


grrrr

[farafiro]

there is a lotta reasons for that
either post your fla
'till then:
check your paths
check the names

[eskymo]

sorry for being a complete and utter numpty!!!!

for some reason way back when i set the alpha setting on the holding mc to 0% - can't remember the reason - but it was before i started srcipting stuff - and then forgot to set it back to100%.

i can't believe i've wasted sooooo much time trying to figure this out. apologies for wasting your time...

i'll try not to be so foolish in future.

thanks

e

[Ricod]

No biggie really ! I think most of us have done that one once or twice ;) !

[boyzdynasty]

i made many stupid mistakes...

one time i had a text box and the movie bg was black.

sent stuff to the text box and nothing was playing....after 5 hrs of cursing and screaming i figured out that I had set the font color to be black :(

...so we all have our moments....:D

[eskymo]

i'm glad i'm not the only insane one out there...i feel human again...

[farafiro]

heheheeee, so as we all di that, here is a better speedy way

Always check the Movie Explorer and the Debugger panels
for reviewing your work