Alternate .swf

Don't laugh !
Something so simple I can't set it up...
I load a .swf into a movie clip.
How can I write my code in order to load an alternate .swf in
case the one first called doesn't exist?

quote:
Originally posted by:
Jan-Paul K.
If you used the MovieClipLoader class you can easily add a
listener the listens on the onLoadError event, and in case it is
fired loads the other swf
I didn't reach it...
Here is the code I use (_root.holder_mc is the targeted movie
clip in which draw3.swf must load and draw.swf the alternate .swf)

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Not sure about the PC.
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Hey I'm a PC XP SP2 user
Your site worked just fine with flash player 9 in both IE 6
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To try and stump it, I uninstalled my player and reinstalled
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explorer, it actually still worked just fine which suprised me.
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docmentation:
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AIR app that generates it for you:
http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/downloads/list
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