Loading a movie clip to Flash

I have a huge movie clip to be imported, its pretty huge so I
divided them to smaller pieces and tried to import, everything my
PC gets hung and does not respond after import. What is the best
method to import a single huge movie clip? Your help is
appreciated.

Problem Solved.
To everyone that has experienced some version of this issue,
whether it be in previewing a load progress bar, or having
animation freeze on you while loading external movie files...
In test mode in flash, whether you are doing a simple test
movie or debugging, loading progress appears to not be threaded and
will freeze you movie until the load is complete. if you preview
this movie clip in a browser after publishing it, everything should
look ok.
I've read a lot of posts about this same topic. Macromedia
(or shall i say Adobe), fix this issue in your next release. what a
pain...seriously. debugging is useless if the movie doesn't even
run the same.
very much relieved,
Al.

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I have the situation where in flash i created a simple
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out which is controlled using actionscript. I loaded movie clip
into flash using [embed] tag but actionscript code is stripped,
there is no stop() action so movie clip loops continously. I guess
that's normal behaviour for embedded flash swf files but i would
like to know is there a way to still achieve that? Can i load swf
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You need the FLA's to open in Flash.
You could download the free trial of a flash decompiler
(www.sothink.com). The free trial won't give you actionscript, but
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I have built a movie clip on my main flash file that I am loading separate swfs into. On the separate swfs I have a close button, but do not know what action script to attach to it to make the movie clip go away? I want these to go away every time you hit the close button on the separate Flash swfs loading into the main movie clip.

if the target movieclip has a non-negative depth and the close button is encoded on the loaded swf's main timeline, you can use:
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path.closeBtn.onRelease=function(){
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Loading a movie clip loses my script function

I have an art gallery that is in three parts. The Flash movie
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movie clip (target) called largeWorksE_mc is replaced with
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I had trouble following your explanation.
If code is disappearing, it is probably code in a MovieClip
that a loadMovie replaces with another external movie. When using
loadMovie, the MovieClip in it is destroyed and the timing is not
something you can predict.

'Load external movie clip' behavior

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load external .swf files when clicked (released). While the
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When everything works fine locally, but fails to load live on
your webserver, there is of course a pathing problem.
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I am creating a painting / drawing application in flash.
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I did something similar for AS2:basically there was a "designer" swf where one could interact to create a design,
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How do you wait to load certain movie clips or frames?

I have seen flash sites that wait to load different parts of the flash file until you click on a link, thereby starting a loading graphic that then loads the content you're looking for. I can't find any information on how to do this, and I'm guessing I just can't find the right terminology.
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I got ya. Thanks for your help.
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Load all movie clips

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I have the xml part semi working and on mouseover can display the name but is stuck on the movie clip part.
I am trying to avoid typing all the county names and in the future will be adding census and other data to the xml.
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if you had an xmlList of 500 countynames, and if the 500 movieclips inside maps_mc each had names such as mc0, mc1, mc2, etc, you could loop thru them like this:
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Need help loading multiple movie clips.

Hello forum members,
I've run into a bit of an irritating problem and perhaps
someone can clue me in to the answer.
I'm creating a SWF which uses loadMovie (I've also tried
creating a MovieClipLoader instance and using instance.loadClip) to
bring in 2 other SWFs.
See below AS in first couple frames of main movie's
time-line:
First movie:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcToolbar", 10);
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_x=8;
_y=68;
loadMovie("toolbar.swf",mcToolbar);
Second movie:
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mcWindow", 11);
with (mcToolbar)
_x=500;
_y=60;
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This works great when opening up my main SWF in Flash Player
and when viewing the movie in the published HTML web page.
However, I'm using FlashObject to load my main movie to get
around that annoying "Click to activate this control" thing.
When viewing this version of the web page with my main SWF
being loaded, I see the SWF load, then the first loadMovie
loads....THEN the first loadMovie disappears and the second
loadMovie loads and appears at the wrong X and Y coordinates.
Any ideas?

Ok, I know replying to my own post is odd on some forums, but
anyhow:
I've done some further testing and find that FlashObject
isn't the problem.
Looking at the AS code above, it is clear that the SWFs to be
loaded must be in the same folder as the HTML web-page.
However, my intent is that these small SWFs that are being
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the root of the site (e.g. SiteFoler->flash).
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a major maintenance headace.
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How to stop a movie clip that is loaded dynamically

Hello Flash Forum,
I am using the loadmovie method to load a swf file into a
movie clip "container"
Code snippet:
var mc:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("mc",1);
mc.loadMovie('bbc_module1.1.swf','bbc_audio',container.getNextHighestDepth(),
{_x:300.8, _y:240});
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The movie clip I load does not have a stop action in frame 1,
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is a series of still images synced to the audio.
I would like to be able to load the movie clip, stop it from
playing, and by clicking buttons, get it to play, pause, etc like
the buttons and skin on the FLVPlayer.
Any tips on how to do this?
Thanks,
eholz1

Many thanks ClBeech!!!
I've tried the code you suggested but it doesn't seem to work
:0(
I'm working on a Mac using Flash Pro 8 which only has the
option to publish as 'actionscript 1.0 or 2.0' is the script you
supplied an actionscript 3.0?
Below is the script with the amendments, I've changed my
button instance names to match the script you supplied (left_btn /
right_btn)
stop();
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.Strong;
var rposX = 369;
//the ending x of the right position
var rposY = 84;
//the ending y of the right position
var lposX = 116;
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rposX, time, false);
new Tween(content1, '_y', Strong.easeOut, content1._y,
rposY, time, false);
left_btn.onPress = function() {
new Tween(content1, '_x', Strong.easeOut, content1._x,
lposX, time, false);
new Tween(content1, '_y', Strong.easeOut, content1._y,
lposY, time, false);

Can't get Simple button to Load Movie Clip

Hi I've looked around for the answer to my question on this
forum
but havent found it so here it goes. I am working on this
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am speaking
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What I am
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Clip. The Flash site is basically 5 different Movie Clips
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clips labeled and with their respective sized placeholders.
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when you click on either the links on the Nav bar or the
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seems
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have
even replaced the code for the "Contact" button with the code
for the new button and it worked (opening new page). Here is
the
code for the new button that does not work:
on (release) {
_root.contentHolder.myHeight = 307;
_root.contentHolder.newLoc = 9;
heightAnimation();
I know the location and height from the above code are
referring to the placement and sizing of each movie clip
in the "Empty Clip". As i said before this heightAnimation
and the resizing of the new clip works fine when the
button resides in Scene 1 on the Main Timeline but not
within the new movie clip (graphic Ive created.)
I will upload the main chunk of the code that resides
in Scene 1 on the first frame of the "Actions" layer.
If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it very much!
Please let me know if I can provide anymore info.
Thanks!
Greg

change:
function newLayerBT_CLICK(MouseEvent):void{
to:
function newLayerBT_CLICK(e:MouseEvent):void{

How to load movie clip internal in .fla file

Hi - How do I load a movie clip inside a .fla file?........I
know the script to load a .swf file but I do not know the script to
load a movie clip (New symbo l= movie clip) made in the same .fla
file.
I have a series of movie clips I woud like to load with a
button - can anyone please guide me in the right direction with a
script or some info.....
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steen

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"Jean Bang" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:ef88kj$c10$[email protected]..
> Hi - How do I load a movie clip inside a .fla
file?........I know the
> script to
> load a .swf file but I do not know the script to load a
movie clip (New
> symbo
> l= movie clip) made in the same .fla file.
> I have a series of movie clips I woud like to load with
a button - can
> anyone
> please guide me in the right direction with a script or
some info.....
>
> Thanks
>
> steen
>

Playing a mp3 when a movie clip loads

I am using Adobe Flash Professional CS6
What I am trying to do is play a mp3 file that I have in my library when the clip loads and stop playing it when the a new clip is selected from the menu I created. On the button that loads the movie clip (Instance name: Slideshow), I have the following code:
[code]
on (release){
    gotoAndPlay(120);
onClipEvent (load){
    mySong = new Sound();
    mySong.attachSound("MastersThisHall");
    mySong.start(0,50);
onClipEvent (unload) {
    mySong.stop();
[/code]
- I went to the properties of the MastersThisHall.mp3 file in my library,
- Selected the "ActionScript", tab,
- Checked the box that says "Export for ActionScript",
- Unchecked the "Export in frame 1" check box, and
- Added MastersThisHall in the "Identifier" field.
The sound is NOT playing when I when the "Slideshow" button is pressed.
Ideas?

Thank you for all of this; it is very helpful.
I have series of 6 buttons I created, each of them load a different movie clip. I need to have the music from the slideshow NOT continue to play when a new movie clip is selected.
I have the following code.
Frame 1:
SlideshowMusic = new Sound(this);
SlideshowMusic.attachSound("MastersThisHall");
stop();
Frame 120 (attached to the Slideshow movie clip object):
onClipEvent (load) {
    SlideshowMusic.play();
The "Mute" Button:
on (release) {
    SlideshowMusic.setVolume(0);
The "Resume Sound" Button:
on (release) {
     SlideshowMusic.setVolume(100);
And the "Pause" Button:
on (release)
if (SlideshowMusic.position < SlideshowMusic.duration)
    SlideshowMusic.start(SlideshowMusic.position / 1000);
It is loading and working perfectly. However, I have two more questions:
1. How do I make the the sound automatically stop when a new movie clip is played?
2. How do I change the "pause" symbol to the "play" symbol when the "Pause" button is pressed?

Seamless transitions between externally loaded movie clips

I'm building a flash player that loads various movie clips in succession depending on user input. The player should continue to play seamlessly when one clip ends and another starts playing, however there is always a slight noticeable delay between the COMPLETE event for one clip and the actual playing of the next clip. I am using the FLVPlayback component to load the video clips, with successive clips loaded in different players in the component.
I've tried playing the next video a short duration before the current video finishes by adding a cue point just before the end of the currently running clip (about 200 - 300 ms before the end). This improves matters somewhat, but it is not a reliable method as the timings are different for different browsers and computer specs.
I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with smooth transitions between external video clips and could suggest possible optimizations I could use to improve the transitions.

Thank you for replying.
The video clips basically continues the same shot only with different directions, so I can't fade out between transitions. It needs to appear as though it's playing a single video clip in that respect (a one-shot scene).
Another major issue is that there is music playing for each video which should continue playing without interuptions. Even a small gap is noticeable with audio. I thought about separating the audio and video streams but that could mean they could go out of sync as the more transitions occur.

Load movie clip

Whenever I load a movie clip into the target and test my
movie, the loaded movie clip always loads in the bottom right. I
think this is a registration error but I am not sure how to fix it.
My target is 835px by 635px, same as the movie clip I want to load.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Position the blank movie clip in the top left corner where
you want to have
the external movie clip loaded.
Note that if the external movie clip has dynamic content
creation via AS or
different content size on higher numbered frames you may find
it will show
content to the left and top of the blank movie clip because
initial size is
not detectable. In particular if you are loading Flash movie
that you
created that you used a third party tool such as xCelsius. In
this case you
need to MovieClipLoader and once the onLoadInit event fires,
manually
position the blank movie clip which is passed as an argument
for coding
convenience.
Lon Hosford
www.lonhosford.com
May many happy bits flow your way!
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Whenever I load a movie clip into the target and test my
movie, the loaded
movie clip always loads in the bottom right. I think this is
a registration
error but I am not sure how to fix it. My target is 835px by
635px, same as
the
movie clip I want to load. Any help would be much
appreciated.

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