Loading external .jpgs or .swfs on different layers

Hi all. Hope someone can help me. How do I get an external
file I upload onto a website through a movieClip instance, to load
behind certain stuff. For instance: I have drop-up and drop-down
menus and want the file thats uploaded to load behind that specific
layer. Do I use code like "send to back", and what would the code
be? I am attaching my currant code so that you can tell me what to
add, and where. Thanks.

create a new layer that is under the layer of your 'certain
stuff'. then create a new symbol, Movie Clip, and drag an instance
of it from the library to the stage on to the newly created layer..
then give that movie clip an instance name of holder_mc. and take
out
var holder_mc = this.createEmptyMovieClip("holder_mc",
this.getNextHighestDepth());
from the code

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Vista problem with loading external JPGs?

I'm really pulling my hair out on this one. I did a quick
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external JPG files in a predefined area. With each component, I
have received complaints (so far only from Vista users) that the
user sees nothing in the area where photos are supposed to be
loading. Instead they just see a white or black box.
Is there any known issue with this? They can see everything
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of the loaded JPG photos. Can anyone else out there with Vista tell
me that they have the same problem? I'd like to track down what the
common denominator is.
I've asked two of the users to completely uninstall the Flash
player and reinstall it, but to no avail. Deactivating Norton
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-- the flash item is the top banner.

As Ned said the problem might be with the file structure on the server. Other problems may be with spelling. You computer may not be case sensitive to the names of the .swf files that you are loading, but your server might. So, on your computer when you are testing, second.swf is the same as Second.swf, or even second.SWF. But, on the server each of these variations is seen as a different file. Another problem is that when you are loading files from the same computer in testing, those files are close and so they load very quickly from your computer. When the files have to travel from the server, there will likely be a measurable period of time before the file is ready to be shown. This is particularly problematic with video that is embedded into an .swf. The whole file will need to be downloaded and uncompressed before it is available to play. If you stream the video as an external file, you can shorten the wait considerably.

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Hi Persons,
macrofireball is correct as always, but I'll just add a
thought to this thread because I suspect "rfull" isn't actually
asking what he/she
appears to be asking.
No photo can ever be displayed "by itself". That is, image
files are always "opened" in some sort of vehicle. It might be an
image editor, or it might be a document like a *.DOC or a *.HTM ...
but
something must "contain" the image.
So you can access a photo at any time you wish by putting it
on a web page, then linking to the web page (for instance). Is
something like that what you really had in mind?
Have a good 'un folks!
.

Preloader whilst loading external .jpg

This is the script I use to load external .jpgs into a site
btn1.onRelease = function (){
loadMovie("Bike.jpg", _root.photo.empty);
_root.stick.gotoAndStop(80);
How would I create script so that it creates a sepaprate
preloader whilst each image is loading.

for something like this it's best to use the MovieClipLoader
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loaded. it would go something like this:

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use trace(mc) to confirm "this" refers to a movieclip, make
sure there's nothing at a greater depth preventing you from seeing
your image, double check your spelling of flash/photo1.jpg (and
case counts) and make sure your html file is in a super folder of
the flash folder, if you're testing in a browser.

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using as3 in flash to load external photo files so not all
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have had no problem in dreamweaver with swfs with embedded
jpgs.
ui comes up in dreamweaver but not external files. even
though when I open swf movie or the flash created html of same
file, on its own, no prob.
anyone run across this problem, jpgs are in same file as
flash media, also dropped them into image file just in case that
might work---no go
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your isse begins here ..
loadSection()
you use the same loader to not only load files but you are tyring to use it to target the movieClip you also want to play.
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Loading external scripts or swfs?

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[Q] duplicating movieclip with loaded external jpg file

Hi, Im trying to make thumbnail and enlarged picture by
duplication.
What i tried was using duplication of thumbnail movieclip
which jpg image is loaded
However it seems not working as i intended,so I had to make
empty movieclip and loaded image again!!!
I am concerning that if I use new movieclip and loading the
image again..it means users have to download the same image twice.
Basically, I am trying to make a list of thumbnailed images
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> simple create your movieclip. Now create an empty clip
inside. You will
load
> your JPG in the empty clip. This one can't be
duplicated, but you will be
able
> to duplicate its parent. Like that:
> myMc.anEmptyClip.loadMovie("blabla.jpg");
> myMc.duplicateMovieClip("theNameYouWant",
levelNumYouWant);
>
> That will works.
No, that will not work
You are partly right - if you create a nested clip and assign
properties
(such as an onPress handler) to the parent clip, you can then
load content
into the child without overwriting the parent's properties.
If you load an
image into the child and then duplicate the parent however,
the image in the
child clip *will not be duplicated*. Try it.
> 2- Also, the way you where going to do, works too. yes
the user will have
to
> load it again, but it is already in the Browser Cache.
It means that will
load
> quickly the second time and after that. Bad side is more
that you will
doble
> the bandwidth of the images loading on your site.
Again, partly right. Lets take it bit by bit:
> yes the user will have to
> load it again, but it is already in the Browser Cache
The movie will have to load it again, but will probably load
it from cache.
> Bad side is more that you will doble
> the bandwidth of the images loading on your site.
Not so. If it's in the cache, it doesn't use any bandwidth at
all - that's
what caching means! A copy of the image is saved on the
user's local hard
drive, so no bandwidth needs to be used when loading from
cache.
Basically, for the *majority* of users, loaded images will be
cached (this
is dependent on browser settings, but most users will have
their browsers
set to cache). This means that after the first load,
subsequent loads of the
same image will be quick and carry no bandwidth overheads.
The real issue here is that dynamic content in movieClips,
such as loaded
images, swfs, or graphics created with the drawing API will
not duplicate
when the clip is duplicated/ The accepted work around used to
be simply to
reload the aimge. Now with Flash 8 though you can use the
BitmapData class
to grab a copy of the image and redraw it to the newly
created clip if you
so wish.
Pete
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Look at MovieClipLoader instead - images take time to load.
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JamesHammerstein wrote:
> Dear All - Can anyone help?
>
> I have created a spry gallery page with a dropdown to a
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>
>
http://aster.rhul.ac.uk/STAR/galleries/gallery_prototype.php
>
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Danilo Celic
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Hey all! Any help would be greatly appreciated. In all
honesty, I have searched and studied and worked to get this myself,
which I do alot with code, etc. BUT I am going to admit I'm a "make
it pretty on the outside" kind of guy, and coding makes my eyeballs
fall out and well, honestly, I just don't get it. My brain can not
wrap itself around this. Sigh! So I could use your help a little.
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www.luxeillustrato.com, and if you go to the portfolio area, and
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the forward arrow button.
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IF you click on "portfolio", "fine art", it loads the fine art swf
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see on the site.) What do I need to do to alter the code above (or
replace it) in order to have the external jpgs be preloaded as
well? For example's sake, let's just say I have four jpgs, titled
"door.jpg", "orange.jpg", "boyfriend.jpg", and "untitled.jpg" (in
case these are needed for the code. They may not be.)
I hope this is easy to understand. If NOT, just tell me. I'll
simplify. And seriously, thanks!

put a stop() on the first frame of your external swf in an otherwise empty first frame. when preloading is complete apply a play() to your loader's content cast as a movieclip:
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Ok, this problem has beaten me for the last 2 days. It seems
to be extremely simple, I am on main movie and I am using
MovieClipLoader class to load external movie callMe.swf into movie
holder called holder_MC, then from main using onLoadInit or
onLoadProgress listeners I can target dynamic text inside
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UPDATE... I copied the link to another page with my variables in the image attributes as I posted above. And it works using the values that are cached for those items. Is there any way to do this on the same page as my original link without my users having to change to a different page?

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