load movie?

[nicolai]

i wanted to load the menu of my flash site from an external swf..

there is the loadmovie command that does exaclty that ..

but how do i do it with the buttons.. that i.e. button1 loads a txt. file in a textbox of the other swf ??

thx for help
nicolai

[spriggan]

humm good question...
I assume that when you use loadmovie you give the new movie an instance name. So you could just use the instance as you would any to send the varable to it.

on (rollover) { //press or what ever floats you boat
//text load script
myloadedmovie.textvarable=newtext;
}

[farafiro]

avoide to use _root in the swf that's gonna be loaded

[nicolai]

hmm i dont get it workin

i have a movie named test123.swf which is the main movie.

now i loaded a menu in it which is called 123.swf
what actions do i have to set on the buttons to for example move to another frame in the test123.swf or load somehtign in a textbox in the test123.swf ?

thx for help

nico

[nicolai]

never mind i solved it other wise.. thx anyways ^^ :O)

nico