Play exit animations on multiple external SWF's?

Hi,
Here is what I would like to do: I have some buttons, then 2
movie clips named container and container2. When I click on a
button, an external SWF is loaded into container. I have it working
so that when another button is clicked, it plays the exit animation
of the current SWF, then loads the new one. Here is the code that I
used for that:
on a button:
Code:
on (release) {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = "who";
container.loadMovie("who.swf");
} else if (_root.currMovie != "who") {
if (container._currentframe >= container.midframe) {
_root.currMovie = "who";
container.play();
In who.swf frame 1:
Code:
midframe = 114;
In who.swf last frame:
Code:
_root.currMovie = undefined;
stop();
Frame 114 is where the exit animation starts.
What I would like to do, is have a button in who.swf, that
will load another external swf into container2, while leaving
who.swf in place. Then, when one of the main buttons is clicked, I
would like it to play the exit animation of the swf that is
currently in container2, then play the exit animation of the swf
that is currently in container, then load the new swf into
container. Can someone please help me out with the code for that?
Thanks!

the thing is that i had to keep a reference to my Loader.
if you dont keep a reference to the Loader who is processing the loadBytes(), the Garbage Collector could close the Loader, wich causes the loader to unload.
i tried this with a test, i load 1 swf binary with an urlloader, and in the complete-event i create 100 loaders wich do a loadBytes on the loaded bytes.
the FlashBuilder console traces 100x [SWF] <path> 1000 bytes after decompression, and sometimes i get a whole bunch of [Unload SWF]
this is because i dont keep any reference to the Loader. if i would keep a reference to the loader stored in an array, i dont get the unload. when the loader is done, you can store the content in a variable, and remove the loader, but as long as its loading, you should keep a reference to the loader.
Hope this helps others.
p.s. i keep seeing [SWF] Main.swf instead of [SWF] <loaded swf file> is because i load the swf with an URLLoader (wich gives no trace), but when i do a loadBytes, it doesnt know its path anymore, so you get the root-swf, Main.swf in this case.

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Hey EI,
I had done this kind of project recently and for loading and unloading different swfs. I had used loaders specific to that filename and for removing I had used a single movieclip instance name and on clicking that specific loader request name that needs to be removed will be requested from the specific function. As mentioned below
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===============================
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i have done this numerous times in as1 and 2....but back then things were totally written different and if you do it the same way you run into migration issues....
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From what I could gather based on your description, your instructor wants you to start playing when external swf is loaded completely.
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3. Execute code corresponding to these listeners in their corresponding handler functions.
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2. ProgressEvent.PROGRESS - dispatched when a new bytes packet arrives.
3. IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR - dispatched when something goes wrong with loading (say, wrong url, etc.)
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jsns wrote:
> Does anybody know a command to have your flash movie
download external .swf
> movies within the "main" movie while playing. I have
about 8 .swf's that are
> all linked together but the problem is the loading of
each one seperatly (kinda
> lags a bit b4 each movie is loaded, because you have to
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> everyone) PLEASE help me out I'm working on a big
project here at work
> :yikes: Thank you!!
>
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