Go to specific frame of an external swf?

How can I load a specific frame/label of an external swf
file?
anyone?

me,
> How can I load a specific frame/label of an external
> swf file?
First, you load the external SWF file. There are a number of
ways to do
this. I recommend either the MovieClip.loadMovie() method or
the
MovieClipLoader class. This causes the external SWF to be
loaded into a
movie clip container. Once the external SWF has fully loaded,
invoke
MovieClip.gotoAndPlay() on the container clip and specify the
desired frame.
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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Mike
This sounds very similar to the problem I just posted which
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GotoAndPlay specific frame in external swf from main swf

I have a main swf that loads 2 external swfs.
I click on button to see content of external swf #1 and see stuff. I do something that causes external swf to show other stuff (i.e. not at beginning state)
In the main swf I click on button to see content of external swf #2. External swf #1 content is made invisible and I see content of external swf stuff.
NOW, if I click on button to take me back to see external swf #1, I see it's content in current state. I want to force it to start over again at frame #1 which will reset content.
However, no matter what I try, I can't seem to control which frame to go to in external swf using gotoAndplay.
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var url1:URLRequest = new URLRequest("academic.swf");
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I don't want to reload the external movie to force it to start over.
Any help would be much appreciated.

You can easily control this by making the external swf to load with your movieclip, The below is the code snippet that clear on accessing the specific frame on external swf.
//Loading clips content
var ldr:Loader;
var mcExt:MovieClip;
//Loading
loadswf("external.swf");
function loadswf(tmp:String):void{
    unloadSwf();
    ldr= new Loader();
    ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressListener);
    ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
    ldr.load(new URLRequest(tmp));
    function progressListener (e:ProgressEvent):void{
        ploader.visible=true;
    function swfLoaded(e:Event):void {
        mcExt = e.target.content as MovieClip;
        ldr.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
        mcExt.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterfn);
        ploader.visible=false;
        addChild(mcExt);
//UnLoading
function unloadSwf():void{
    if (ldr!=null){
        ldr.unloadAndStop();
        removeChild(mcExt);
        mcExt=null;
//Intervals (The part you work on the specific frame within the external swf
function onEnterfn(e:Event):void{
    var num:int=mcExt.currentFrame;
    if (num==1) mcExt.play();
    if (num==9) {
            mcExt.skipmc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,skipfn);
            function skipfn(e:MouseEvent):void{
                mcExt.stop();
                mcExt.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterfn);
                gotoAndStop("help");
    if (num==mcExt.totalFrames){
        mcExt.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,onEnterfn);
        gotoAndStop("help");
hope it solve

Is it possible to load an external swf at a specific frame?

Hey! I've got a flash file which acts as the main menu for a
program I'm developing. Everything works fine from the main menu
however when you click to return to the main menu the whole main
menu file reloads. Is it possible to use loadMovieNum( ) to go to a
specific frame within the main swf file? If not, is there a way to
do this?
Here's the button code I'm using now:
on (release) {
unloadMovieNum(0); //unloads the current movie so we can
reload the main menu
loadMovieNum("DemoMainMenu.swf", 0); //reloads the main menu
Thank you for whatever help you can provide! :)

mcommini wrote:
> Hey! I've got a flash file which acts as the main menu
for a program I'm
> developing. Everything works fine from the main menu
however when you click to
> return to the main menu the whole main menu file
reloads. Is it possible to
> use loadMovieNum( ) to go to a specific frame within the
main swf file? If
> not, is there a way to do this?
First let me clarify one thing with you. Level zero is the
main level on the flash
player. By loading things in level zero you will remove
current content and replace
it with the new one. This is not a good idea because it works
like purge, clears the
player and from there on you can't maintain any functionality
unless you reload the
whole html document over again. Also, do not unload and load
in the same time in the
same level. Flash can hold single SWF per level, once you
load content, whatever previously
loaded will be automatically replaced, so just the loadMovie
action and you all set.
Good practice is to have the main level (zero) an empty base
and than load and unload
things in above levels, 1 and so on...
> Here's the button code I'm using now:
> on (release) {
> unloadMovieNum(0); //unloads the current movie so we can
reload the main menu
> loadMovieNum("DemoMainMenu.swf", 0); //reloads the main
menu
> }
>
In regard to the load and go to. Yes it is possible but no
matter what frame you want to
go to,you need to load the whole movie first. I will come
back to that in a second.
While you execute the loadMovie action, you can set up a
variable, for example:
loadMovieNum("file.swf", 1);
Variable="mcommini_01";
Than in the loaded movie you have preloader which makes sure
that the movie is loaded before
playing and once done loading, make it jump to frame which
has IF ELSE condition in some kind
of loop, using setInterval or Enterframe. That condition
checks for the variable value and based
on it proceed to particular frame.
That's why I told you not to clear level zero, if you set
variable and load movie in that level
in the same time, all the information will be gone and you
have totally no reference point to
get the variable from.
You could as well use shared object which is native form of
Flash's cookies. Write SOL file into
user drive temp folder, than read it from the other file and
go to frame based on the given value.
Best Regards
Urami
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timeline, and there is nothing else. However when you say
'scrubber' do you mean that your 'testing' the movie by pressing
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just coming back here to say nevermind and saw your response.
Sometimes it takes writing out the problem to spark more
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Hey guys
I have an External.swf file that is a video. The swf is 1135 frames long and running just fine by itself, stopping as I want when the actionscript says stop(); on the first frame and looping the end of the clip with gotoAndPlay(837).
The preloader SwfLoader.swf linked to the External.swf shows the percentage of bytes loaded as it should. However, it runs the video (sound playing in the background) while the preloader shows the loading progress I think it's because it doesn't load the first frame first.
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import flash.geom.*
import flash.display.*
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The external swf is a movieclip (flv embedded with an AS3 layer to control the timeline) exported as an swf file .
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I didn't know the proloader code was AS2 though
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Hi there,
I am loading an external swf into the mc 'image' using:
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is the first frame of your loaded swf's empty? if yes, then no problem using _levels.
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