Movieclip loader question

Hi,
I just used the movie clip loader class to load a swf
dynamically, and oddly, the width and height are zero even as i'm
looking at the loaded clip too large for the area i'm loading it
into. Is there any way around this?
thanks
e

yes, but unfortunately, the width and height at that point a
very different from what i need them to be when onLoadComplete is
called...i suppose i could just hard code the values since i know
what they will be in the end, but that defeats the purpose...after
the movie is fully loaded i scale it to fit in an area on the
stage...my scale values are completely out of whack (infinity)
because when onLoadComplete is called...the values are 0 instead of
1024x768...is this a bug...did i just find a bug? if not...why does
my empty movie clip have values of 353x39
confused obviously
e

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Movieclip load order FIFO or FILO

Hi, I recently purchased Zinc to simply have more control
over the window
(placement, title, icon - that's all I wanted for this
project!!) and it is
causing issues with my program.
I use the following code to create some movie clips:
for (var i=0;i<count;i++)
filePath = pstrFolderPath + swatchNameArray
paLoadedSwatchClips.push(new swatch(this, pobjMainRef,
pmcSWFHolder, i,
filePath, theCounterValues));
The swatch class has the following code that actually creates
the clips:
loadListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip)
trace(target_mc + ' is done loading' + ' !! ' +
thisRef.pnID);
var mdm = _global.mdm;
mdm.Exception.DebugWindow.trace(target_mc + ' is done
loading' + ' !! ' +
thisRef.pnID, mdm.ASYNC)
thisRef.pmcLoadedClip = target_mc; // Set reference for
calling play and
stop
thisRef.pobjSetRef.mClipDone();
// Store height before we put textfield on there
thisRef.pnMyHeight = target_mc._height;
thisRef.mCreateCounter(initialCount);
mcLoader.addListener(loadListener);
var thePath = _global.mdm.Application.path + swfPath;
mcLoader.loadClip(swfPath, pmcButton);
My trace statements in Flash are in order - 0,1,2.....
I am using Flash MX 2004.
When I run it through Zinc, and when customer support runs my
files, the
trace statements are reversed - 2,1,0
I guess I'm wondering if load order has changed since 2004
version... This
problem is breaking this part of my program when I run it
through Zinc, and
want to know if it is Zinc, or an issue with Flash?
Any help would be appreciated,
Jason

Update for anyone who cares...
It seems flash 7 and 8 are different in how they load movie
clips. Using an
older version of Zinc(which uses player 7) works just fine.
Seems to me,
Flash 8 loads them first in last out, where Flash 7 loads
them first in
first out.
Good to know for me at least!
"Jason C Reynolds" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hi, I recently purchased Zinc to simply have more
control over the window
> (placement, title, icon - that's all I wanted for this
project!!) and it
> is causing issues with my program.
>
> I use the following code to create some movie clips:
>
> for (var i=0;i<count;i++)
> {
> filePath = pstrFolderPath + swatchNameArray
> paLoadedSwatchClips.push(new swatch(this, pobjMainRef,
pmcSWFHolder, i,
> filePath, theCounterValues));
> }
>
>
> The swatch class has the following code that actually
creates the clips:
>
> loadListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip)
> {
> trace(target_mc + ' is done loading' + ' !! ' +
thisRef.pnID);
> var mdm = _global.mdm;
> mdm.Exception.DebugWindow.trace(target_mc + ' is done
loading' + ' !! '
> + thisRef.pnID, mdm.ASYNC)
>
> thisRef.pmcLoadedClip = target_mc; // Set reference for
calling play and
> stop
> thisRef.pobjSetRef.mClipDone();
> // Store height before we put textfield on there
> thisRef.pnMyHeight = target_mc._height;
> thisRef.mCreateCounter(initialCount);
> }
> mcLoader.addListener(loadListener);
> var thePath = _global.mdm.Application.path + swfPath;
> mcLoader.loadClip(swfPath, pmcButton);
>
>
> My trace statements in Flash are in order - 0,1,2.....
> I am using Flash MX 2004.
>
> When I run it through Zinc, and when customer support
runs my files, the
> trace statements are reversed - 2,1,0
>
> I guess I'm wondering if load order has changed since
2004 version... This
> problem is breaking this part of my program when I run
it through Zinc,
> and want to know if it is Zinc, or an issue with Flash?
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Jason
>
>

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