Referencing _root.Button from a movie loaded inside another movie

I have the following situation
MainMove.swf is doing a loadmovie of SecondMovie.swf
The Button that loads SecondMovie.swf also disables other buttons in MainMovie.swf
on (release) {
_root.intro_btn.enabled = flase;
loadMovieNum("SecondMovie.swf", 2);
How do I Re enabled the Buttons in MainMovie.swf from a Button within SecondMovie.swf???
Using AS2 is this current project
Thanks

You might be able to use the same line of code setting the enabled value to true. If you have not locked the root of the loaded swf, the _root should till be pointing at the main movie.
_root.intro_btn.enabled = true;

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Has anyone wany ideas? Please
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I wish i could say it wasnt named message 1 but it is. The code works without a scroll bar.
As soon as i put the target in a scrollbar it doesnt work?
This is my code for the scrollbar if thats the problem? maybe
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var maskHeight:Number = maskedView._height;
var initPosition:Number = scrollFace._y=scrollTrack._y;
var initContentPos:Number = contentMain._y;
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var top:Number = scrollTrack._y;
var right:Number = scrollTrack._x;
var bottom:Number = scrollTrack._height-scrollFaceHeight+scrollTrack._y;
var dy:Number = 0;
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var moveVal:Number = (contentHeight-maskHeight)/(scrollHeight-scrollFaceHeight);
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this.onMouseMove = function() {
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scrollFace.onMouseUp = function() {
stopDrag();
delete this.onMouseMove;
btnUp.onPress = function() {
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
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delete this.onEnterFrame;
btnUp.onRelease = function() {
delete this.onEnterFrame;
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delete this.onEnterFrame;
btnDown.onDragOut = function() {
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Movie clip inside a movie clip

Hi everybody,
I'm creating a slideshow with Flash, like the ones done with Powerpoint. I would like to create a movie clip inside another movie clip, that is, say I have a clip called button1, and when I click it, frame number 2 in this clip is displayed, and then more information appears. Inside this frame 2, there are other clips, for example an X button to close and return to frame number 1 in the clip button1, as the image shows:
What I have done is convert the button1 text into a movie clip, and assign an action to it:
on (press){
    gotoAndStop(2);
When frame 2 is displayed, I would like to click to the X-button to get back to frame number1, so what I've done is, again, convert it into a movie clip and assign the following action:
on (press){
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But this doesn't work. I've been trying as well changing other things, but no way... At first I thought it had something to do with the _root or _parent, but now it looks as when using gotoAndStop in the "parent" button (button1), no actions work for the "child" buttons.
I've loaded the fla and the swf files here, just in case someone would like to check.
Thank you very much in advance for your help. I've been checking other posts, but apparently I couldn't find the appropriate info.

"_root" is only used to reference the very first level of your flash file. Right now you are telling flash to go to the second frame in your root timeline but you want to go to the second frame in your button1 timeline.
Change the code that is on the X-button to
on(press){
     gotoAndStop(1);
Remove the "_root" and it should work.
If it still doesn't work, make sure the button has an instance name of "button1" and use this code.
on(press){
     _root.button1.gotoAndStop(1);
This is using "_root.button1" as the 'address' of your movieclip and it wont matter where the code is.

Button no longer works when inside a Movie Clip?

Again I turn to the almighty Adobe forums for help...
So basically, I've had this problem for over a day now, and I've posted on Experts-Exchange.com... to no avail really.
So here we go:
I have a button in a Flash project I've made. It's used to jump to another place on the root timeline, labelled "Why". It used to work perfectly.
I have now placed the button inside a movie clip (it has to be in an animated sequence), but now it no longer works. It appears to work fine, the rollover state works and all. But when clicked it does nothing.
The code I use to work the buttons goes on the main timeline, the code for this button is:
mc_anim_backdrops_menu.btn_subsection1.onRelease = function() {
gotoAndStop("Why");
_global.swfloaded = "";
Why does it no longer work? and what can I do to fix it?
The question is posted here over at Experts Exchange - http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Photos_Graphics/Web_Graphics/Macromedia_Flash/Act ionScript/Q_24888850.html
what we've tried there is tracing the problem. The code seems to be pointing to the right place, but none of the actual function works.. as you'll be able to see if you open up the attached file (and change it's extension from .txt to .fla to get it working)
So would someone be able to open it up, have a look and tell me what's wrong? Because I'm stumped. And frustrated.

My guess is that you have a scope problem. By putting the button inside a movieclip you have made the buttons scope the same as that clip.
So if you add a trace inside the release event handler, what do you get?
trace("My current scope is: "+this);
I'm guessing it is "_level0.mc_anim_backdrops_menu," right?
So since you are using the global function of gotoAndPlay() it is looking for that label in the current timeline and not finding it.
You should probably use the MovieClip method and specifiy which timeline it should look in.
_root.gotoAndPlay("Why");
_level0.gotoAndPlay("Why")
_parent.gotoAndPlay("Why");
both would probably work. I would never use the first two, other than to make sure that there wasn't something else going on...

Accessing parent document div tags from child document loaded inside parent document

I am loading an ASP document (Child)inside another ASP document (Parent) using Include statements.
The parent document has certain div tags which have some properties to be accessed from inside the code in child document using javascript.
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Can you explain the purpose bhind these lines...
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I have a movie that is just a preloader for the main movie.
This preloader movie has the loader and progress bar components so
that I can show the process of the main movie loading. When I load
a sound file in frame 1 of the main movie to be used later in the
movie and run the main movie (with out being called from the
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I am sure that this is a scoping problem and I am not correctly
coding for the location of the sound.
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How do I load the sound files in the main movie and play them
when needed (using actionscripts) from the main movie when the main
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Putting the following code on frame one in the movie being
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this._lockroot=true;
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_lockroot
_lockroot (MovieClip._lockroot property)
public _lockroot : Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies what _root refers to when a
SWF file is loaded into a movie clip. The _lockroot property is
undefined by default. You can set this property within the SWF file
that is being loaded or in the handler that is loading the movie
clip.
For example, suppose you have a document called Games.fla
that lets a user choose a game to play, and loads the game (for
example, Chess.swf) into the game_mc movie clip. Make sure that,
after being loaded into Games.swf, any use of _root in Chess.swf
refers to _root in Chess.swf (not _root in Games.swf). If you have
access to Chess.fla and publish it to Flash Player 7 or later, you
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are loading Chess.swf from someone else's site into chess_mc), you
can set the Chess.swf _lockroot property when you load it. Place
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In this case, Chess.swf can be published for any version of
Flash Player, as long as Games.swf is published for Flash Player 7
or later.
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property to true in the loader movie, as the following code shows.
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current timeline
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trace(clipB.clipA._y);
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I am working on a Flash CS4 project which has 5 buttons with 5 corresponding movie clips all on the main timeline. Everything in functional so far.
My problem is this: I want to be able to mouse click on a particular word in the text inside movie clip 4 ("mc4") and have it link to movie clip 3 ("mc3") (on the main timeline).
I've tried many things, and I can't get it working.
I have tried to highlight the word then link it to "mc3" in the properties panel where it says link (I successfully linked to an email address and to an outside website in other parts of the project)....
I tried to link it in the properties panel to "mc3", I tried & "parent.mc3", "root.mc3";
Linking it this ways seems to be the simplest, logical thing to do, but I don't know what kind of prefix it needs.
Then, I tried making the word (inside mc4) an invisible button (button6) then linking it to the mc3, with it's actionscript in the main timeline with the other button functions.
I tried duplicating mc3 and duplicating invisible button 3 and moving it's hotspot to over the word.
I tried putting a copy of mc3 and the button inside mc4, with the actionscript also inside mc4.
I tried duplicating mc3 and calling it mc6, and putting that inside mc4, with the actions back on the main timeline, and tried again with the actions inside mc4.
I tried with mc6 and invisible button 6 on the main timeline, but that doesn't seem possible.
I tried using this code from Adobe Actionscript 3.0:
button6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMovie);
function startMovie(e:MouseEvent):void
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Nothing works!! Please, I would appreciate any suggestions!!
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Suzanne

If I limit my attention to the second sentence of your posting, then I suggest the following (borrowing from the rest of your posting)...
If that invisible button6 is inside MC3 (on MC3's main timeline), atop the word you are trying to link to the movieclip, and you just want to make mc4 play by clicking that invisible button6, then assign the following code to the button6 inside MC3...
button6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, startMovie);
function startMovie(e:MouseEvent):void
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If I missed, then I missed following your explanation.

How can I control a button from one swf file to another swf file?

Hi,
I have a main.swf file. From that file I am accessing the external.swf file which is an external file.
Now, how can I write code on my main.swf file for the button which is on my external.swf file?
Activities.MainPanel.close_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClickClose);
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Here's some example code that you should be able to adapt to your needs.
// create a new loader object instance...
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
// make the download request...
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("external.swf");
// add a complete event listener to the loader
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
// start the actual loading process...
loader.load(request);
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var externalMovie:MovieClip;
// this function is called when the download has finished and the file is ready to use...
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           externalMovie = MovieClip(event.target.content);
   // add this new movie to the display list...
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I would have thought this would be simple. Just like I can crop a still image in Photoshop and save it with a new name (or the same name), I expected to be able to trim or split an .mov file in Premiere Elements 9 and save the resulting file(s) under a new name (or the same name) while preserving the same format.
But SIX hours later, NO.
Instead, after I split or trim the .mov file, it seems to be held hostage inside a project that won't let it go. I even tried "exporting" it but the choices are different than the properties of the source file (a BAD thing), and the resulting two files from the export are unreadable on my computer (USELESS).
The .mov file was shot with a Canon EOS Rebel T3i. Windows with Vista. Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I also have Photoshop CS5 Extended and Lightroom 3.4.x, if either of those would help.
I'm sure that I'm mistaken, There MUST be a secret menu option to SAVE-the-trimmed-CLIP-as-a-SOURCE-file.
How could there not be something this basic?

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Quoting Steve:
"I'll say it once more: It's impossible to cut a piece of video and then resave your file.....[because] IT'S [against] THE NATURE OF EDITING VIDEO WITH EVERY VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE IN THE WORLD."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I'm very pleased to say that I've found out how to do exactly what I wanted to do, despite Steve's strongly stated opinion that it is "impossible."
I can:
..... trim or split a video
..... and save it under the same name or a different name(s)
..... WITHOUT converting it to something else before or after trimming
..... WITHOUT changing it from its original format
..... WITHOUT exporting (compressing) it
..... WITHOUT "rendering" it different in any way except my desired length change (and resulting smaller file size)
This is desireable to me in order to:
..... save many gigs of space on my terabyte drives
..... while retaining source file footage that may be useful in future projects
..... IN ITS ORIGINAL (source) FORMAT !!!!!
YAY!!!
I got thinking about the software that came with my camera. I didn't install it because it included things like a program to handle RAW images (and I prefer to use Adobe Lightroom 3) and a program that I thought might be similar to Bridge (and I really like Adobe Bridge).
But I decided to install it and see if there was anything there that would allow me to work with the videos and sure enough, there it was - the ability to trim my videos of the junk while keeping the rest in original perfect format, just as it was shot. From a user's point of view, it is a precise video version of cropping a still image in Photoshop. EXACTLY what I wanted to do!!!
Here is a collage of the properties box of the "before" version (the original original), collaged together with the properties box of the "after" version (the trimmed original). The properties boxes are the properties as reported by Adobe Premiere Elements 9.
In the above-shown collage of the screenshots that I've made for you, you can see that nothing has changed in terms of the properties. The only changes are the length (because I cut it), the file size (because it is MUCH smaller now), and the name (because I wanted to preserve the original file in order to make a screenshot of its properties for you). I WANT TO REPEAT - the new CUT file is identical to the original, except the unwanted portion has been cropped away. It was NOT compressed, it was NOT rendered, it was NOT exported. It is a true source file utilizing original footage in its original format.
(This forum limits images to 450 pix wide so to see that all the relevant format properties are the same in both properties boxes, you may have to increase the size through your browser by holding down the [Ctrl] and hitting the "=" key (the one with the "+" above the "=" sign).)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *** ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Here are the steps I took to make the screenshot above:
1 - Opened the original file in Canon ZoomBrowser EX 6.7 (which came with the camera).
2 - Trimmed ("cut") the file by placing a start point and stop point around the desirable footage.
3 - Saved under a different file name. (NOTE: This was a true save, NOT an export, NOT a "render" of some sort.)
4 - Switched to Adobe Premiere Elements 9 and started a new "project."
5 - Used "Get Media" to pull the original version and the cut version of the video into the project. NOTE: I pulled the cut version in first, so if there had been a format mismatch (as compared with the DSLR-1080p30 @29.97 setting I normally use when creating a new project), Premiere would have said so. But there was NOT a format mismatch. And it runs perfectly, just as it did before, including audio.
6 - Right clicked each video and took a screenshot of the properties of each to show you.
And this means I can use the trimmed footage for any purpose down the road, yet I didn't have to save the entire file which included unwanted footage. And I've saved a considerable amount of space on one of my terabyte drives.
SUMMARY:
Easy as pie:
I trimmed the excess off a video WITHOUT "converting," "exporting," "compressing," "rendering" or changing the format away from the original in any way.
No loss of any type of data whether audio or visual or "other." (Except, of course, the unwanted footage.)

Attach a movieclip from the main timeline inside another movieclip.

I need help with the game I am working currently. On the main timeline Actions frame I have a loader class called myLoader. I attached that to a movieclip called currentSWF. I have a movieclip called SpinningCard in the library which I dynamically attached to the stage. Inside the SpinningCard movieclip there is another movieclip Card. In the Card movieclip I have 10 frames and on each frame I want to attach a different instance of the movieclip currentSWF. How can I do achieve that?
here's what I have till now...
On the main timeline Actions frame...
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loader.load(new URLRequest("CardGraphics.swf"))
var currentSWF:MovieClip;
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
   function swfLoaded(e:Event):void {
   currentSWF = MovieClip(loader.contentLoaderInfo.content);
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Inside the Card movieclip on the first frame I have this code...
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CardFrame1.addChild(a1);
//CardFrame1 is an empty movieclip which is there on the frame 1 of Card Moveiclip.
I am getting error : Parameter must be non-null. How can I solve. Can anyone please help me.

Hi Nabren
I'm also looking to load a library based movie-clip into a stage based movie-clip, so that I can inturn swap it with other movie clips to act as different pages (page2_mc etc) which will be used in different sections of the application to give chapters as such.
I've had a go at the above but can't get a result, though it did not throw an error. I also had a trace() on each side and both of those triggered.
The stage based mc I called pageMC and the content mc I called content the same as your example
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I recently constructed a site and made a .flv movie player
not a component. when I test the movie it works fine. When I open
the .html that plays the main flash movie and open the link for the
movie that has the player inside of it playing a .flv: the .flv
does not play can anyone help?

Ok so it looks like you're referring to the method of placing a screenshot of the flv on the stage in front of the flv so that users don't notice that the flv loads more slowly than the other bitmaps on the stage, right?
yes
Looks like I'll have to do this (since embedding the flv in the main swf, which avoids the slow-to-show problem, is not recommended).
that's also correct (and it will make your entire swf load slower).
Thanks Kglad.
you're welcome.

Referencing _root.Button from a movie loaded inside another movie

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