How do i get an externally loaded movie clip to inherit the playhead position of the main timeline?

Question

Hi Flash experts, i'm hoping that someone can help me with this annoying problem.....
I have been approached to design a configurator for a new television product. The Application will let users specify the colours of certain parts of the product and also attach addons, which then updates a cost total.
In the main interface i have a looping animation of the product slowly rotating around 360 degrees that i rendered in 3ds max. When a user clicks a button on the interface i need to load an external movieclip on top of the main animation so it looks as though a certain part has changed colour, this i have acheived. The problem is that when i load the external clip over the original, the loaded clip starts playing from frame 1 and i need it to inherit the playhead position of the main animation so the two layered pieces look as though they are rotating as one. I'm sure this must be possible, unless i need to approach the problem in a different way?
I hope this makes sense,
Any help on this subject would be hugely appreciated.
Many Thanks
Matt

Answer 1

Hi again Ned,
I've almost got it i think, my code now looks like this....
on (release) {
         var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
         loader.loadClip("Bezel/Bezel_Red/Bezel_Red.swf",Empty_MC);
         var loadListener:Object = new Object();
         loader.addListener(loadListener);
         loadListener.onLoadComplete = function() {
         Empty_MC.gotoAndPlay(_root._currentframe);
This code loads the external clip fine and i know the onLoadComplete listener is working because if i change the last line to: Empty_MC.gotoAndStop(1);
it works. I think its just that last line: Empty_MC.gotoAndPlay(_root._currentframe); that is causing the problem?
Many Thanks for all your help, it is greatly appreciated
Matt