Clickable slide show with external SWFs

Question

Hi... I would really apprecaite some help with the slide show please.
I have a slide show that loads 3 external SWFs. (The External SWFs have buttons and action script of their own as well )
I've gotten the SWFs to load and to switch automtically as well as on the button Click (going to next SWF in array). What  I would like to do is the following:
- Have the buttons 1,2 and 3 go to respective SWFs (and not just a next button option)
Also, as far as transitions (just basic fade in and out) is that something I should do within the external movie Clip?
Thank you very much I appreciate all the help. Here's my code:
// Array of external clips to use. Variable index refers to next clip to be displayed.
var clips:Array = ["page1.swf", "page2.swf", "page3.swf"];
var index:int = 0;
// Stuff to load swf files
var thisLoader:Loader = new Loader();
thisLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, doneLoading);
var thisMC:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
stage.addChild(thisMC);            // Add empty MC initially so the nextClip function can be generic
// Removes old MC and gets the next one, waiting until when it has initialized beore adding it to the stage
function nextClip():void {
    thisLoader.load(new URLRequest(clips[index]));
// Tell AS that the loaded file is a movie clip and add it to the stage.
function doneLoading(e:Event):void {
    stage.removeChild(thisMC);
    thisMC = MovieClip(thisLoader.content);
    thisLoader.unload();
    thisMC.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, runOnce);
    stage.addChildAt(thisMC, 0);
    thisMC.gotoAndPlay(1);
// When thisMC has finished - the next MC starts
function runOnce(e:Event):void {
    if(thisMC.currentFrame == thisMC.totalFrames) {
        thisMC.removeEventListener(Event.EXIT_FRAME, runOnce);
        index = (index + 1)%(clips.length);
        nextClip()
// "Next button" just calls a function that goes to the next file name (mod the number of files in the list)
MovieClip(parent).bttn1_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playNext);
function playNext(e:MouseEvent):void {
    nextClip();
    index = (index + 1)%(clips.length);
Thank you!!!

Answer 1

Have you ever successfully saved anything to that external drive? My first two thoughts are that the drive isn't formatted for the Mac or that you don't have rights to save to the drive.