Creating parent swf

My website, ctmgroupinc.com contains seperate swf's for each
page in the site. I want to creat a "Parent" page that just
contains the "shell". The shell would be the outside border and
graphics . So when you click to go to another page you don't have
to reload the border and graphics and only need to load the
contents that changes. How do I keep the "shell" up and just load
the content within the shell?
http://www.ctmgroupinc.com

Good evening Jackcee,
You can use levels to do this. In your parent fla,go into the
actions panel and paste...
loadMovie("home.swf",30);
....I would assume that you would like your home page to load
instantly. The number "30" is a level number that you create. It
can be 5, 10, 50, 60, or whatever. I recommend not using "0"
because this is the level of the stage. I do recommend picking
something with a few unused levels below it, in case you want to go
back and add some animated background graphics or the like.
Then go into the swf that contains your navigation, or do
this in your parent fla if that is where the nav is located.....
flaname.buttoninstance.onRelease = function() {
loadMovie("home.swf",30);
.....do this for each button instance using the corresponding
swf name and the same level number. The next swf loaded will take
place of the existing swf of the same level number.
I hope this is of help!
Jennifer M Quigley

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