getting a animated movie to work in another

[cosmicbdog]

i just purchased a really cool animating 3d flash file and i'm having some difficulties getting it going in other files. whats the streamlined way of doing this? i've tried recreating the layers but that seems tedius and for some reason thats not enough to make this animation work in my file.

is there a way to automatically insert / merge 2 flash files?

thanks!

[Sgaspar11]

Yes, in your main .swf you can create a movieclip as a placeholder(ie., clip1_mc with same instance name) and then do this:


clip1_mc.loadMovie("clip1.swf")

This will load the .swf into the main .swf and there you have it.

[cosmicbdog]

For this code to work does the .swf file need to be in the same dir as the publish directory? does it matter where the fla file is i'm working with?

I'm getting:
1120: Access of undefined property clip1_mc.

[Sgaspar11]

Yes for what I have posted above it needs to be in the same directory.

You could probably change the path to target a different folder as well.

[cosmicbdog]

i've tried a few different variations of bringing in the swf without success its in the same directory as the swf and the fla.. hmmm

is there an interface way of doing this?

[MrMadison]

Yes. Which version of flash are you using?

[cosmicbdog]

flash 9 *is my version (* added to meet the 10 character criteria)

[MrMadison]

Ah...Now, I haven't messed with that yet...I know theres a beta but is the whole thing out?

Anyway, in Flash 8, (this might work for your version), Open the components window. In the use interface tab in that window, scroll down until you find the loader component and drag it out onto the stage. Then, in the properties panel, go into the parameters tab and go to content path. Put the path to your file in there and test the movie.

As for resizing, there should be an option called scale. Leave it on false.

Hope this helps.

[cosmicbdog]

dude... i couldn't have asked for anything better than this! v. nice

[MrMadison]

so it worked?
Yay!
Glad I helped.
-Madison

[JacobHaug]

You can import swf files directly into the fla.

[cosmicbdog]

I'm not sure why the command line importing doesn't work. This way of doing it MadMadison is cool... it makes it possible to drag in the symbol and have it replace automatically... i didn't realise how cool these components were... im on the most recent gear with a flash 5 mindset. aka stop() and things like that which seem to be phased out in AS3.

flash 9 isn't out? it came with CS3 for me thanks to adobe. cha ching

[cosmicbdog]

its weird Jacob, I tried importing through the most obvious ways but only MadMadisons method worked. I could import the file in but for some reason it wouldn't actually animate and just layed there stagnate.

*shrugs*

[cosmicbdog]

thought i was an idiot for a second and hadn't set the imported swf by using the dropdown => import to stage to a Movie Clip. I realised i hadn't checked that. Hello behold, its set to Graphic... I changed it, still just sits there not in motion.

[JacobHaug]

It will just lay there until you export the movie...weird. I can't really give advise on CS3, as I have not played with it any. All I know is everything has changed as far as ActionScript goes...lol.

[Sgaspar11]

This is my weekend project, learn Flash 9....

[JacobHaug]

Wow, what a weekend...lol.

[cosmicbdog]

hehe isn't that how it goes most of the time? under the hammer of time during the week meeting the deadlines... upgrading skills on the weekend?

[Sgaspar11]

Yeah...about to post an article that sort of talks about that.