Need help with - playing back to back multiple .swf files

Question

I have four .swf files namely, 1.swf, 2.swf, 3.swf and 4.swf
I have linked these files to buttons that can play these
movies individually without any problem and the movieloads it
automatically starts 1.swf movie and plays it completely.
However, what I'd like to to do is have these movies
onloading start playing automatically from 1.swf to 4.swf as a
continous play and give the user the ability to click on a button
to skip and play any of the four .swf files.
The code I have for currently is as follows:
loadMovie("1.swf","placeholder_mc");
this.1_btn.onRelease = function () {
loadMovie("1.swf","placeholder_mc");}
this.2_btn.onRelease = function () {
loadMovie("2.swf","placeholder_mc");}
stop();
this.3_btn.onRelease = function () {
loadMovie("3.swf","placeholder_mc");}
stop();
this.4_btn.onRelease = function () {
loadMovie("4.swf","placeholder_mc");}
stop();
From what I have read so far to accomplish the above I'll
probably need some varialbles to be defined and have listner code.
I could be wrong. Since I am very new at Actionscript, would
greatly appreciate forum members assistance.
I am using Flash8 professional. Thanks.

Answer 1

you'll need to either use code in the loaded swfs or create a
loop in your main swf that repeatedly checks the _currentframe of
the loaded swf and when that equals the loaded swf's _totalframes,
you'll load the next swf.