Interacting with movies loaded using the loader component (Flash 8)

[fantombe]

Hi All

I've recently upgraded from Flash 5 to Flash 8, and am looking into the built in components. I have a question regarding the loader component which I can't seem to find an answer or 'how to' to.

If I use the loader component to load a SWF, can I control the main movie the SWF has been loaded into from the SWF, and vice versa?

As an example, if I loaded movieclip.swf onto a layer of a movie, can I put a button in movieclip.swf that will 'nextFrame' the main movie?

I've trawled the help and various tutorials, but they all seem to focus on how to use the loader component to just load things, but don't seem to mention what you can/can't do once it's actually loaded and contained within this component!

Anyone know?

[Bravo81]

I dont think so, but its always worth a try..i havent touched the section of flash before.

Are you using the load.movie action?

~Dean

[fantombe]

Hi Dean

At this stage I've just set the content path parameter of the component to the SWF I'm loading while I follow the various help docs and tutorials to see what the component can do. I've seen setting up a listener, etc. for progress bars and all that jazz, but I seem to hit a wall when it comes to interacting with the movie once it's actually loaded.

At this stage, I can see the potential applications of using it to load JPG's (for example), or any content smaller (dimension wise) than the main movie, but it doesn't look like there's a way to interact with the content once it's been loaded using the component.

Looks like it might be back to doing it the old fashioned way!

Cheers Dean