MACROMEDIA FLEX-FLEX ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 590

Description
Method; loads SWF or JPEG files into a movie clip in Flash Player while the original SWF file
is playing.
Tip: If you want to monitor the progress of the download, use
this function.
Without the
loadMovie()
method lets you display several SWF files at once and switch between SWF files
loadMovie()
without loading another HTML document.
A SWF file or image loaded into a movie clip inherits the position, rotation, and scale properties
of the movie clip. You can use the target path of the movie clip to target the loaded SWF file.
When calling
loadMovie()
movie, as shown in the following code. If you don't set
the loader has access only to its own library, but not the library in the loaded movie:
myMovieClip._lockroot = true;
Use the
MovieClip.unloadMovie()
method. Use the
loadMovie()
file, and update the variables of the SWF file with new values.
Using event handlers with
handler to a button using
such as
MovieClip.onPress
after the new content is loaded. However, if you attach an event handler to a movie clip using
onClipEvent()
remains after the new content is loaded.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Example
As shown in the following example, you can use
a movie clip and use the
Loading a JPEG using
access to movie clip methods. To get access to movie clip methods, you must create an empty
parent movie clip and a container child movie clip. Load the image into the container and place
the event handler on the parent movie clip.
// Creates a parent movie clip to hold the container
this.createEmptyMovieClip("logo_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
// creates a child movie clip inside of "mc_1"
// this is the movie clip the image will replace
logo_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("container_mc",0);
logo_mc.container_mc.loadMovie("http://www.macromedia.com/images/shared/
product_boxes/80x92/studio_flashpro.jpg");
// put event handler on the parent movie clip mc_1
logo_mc.onPress = function() {
trace("It works");
};
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method, Flash Player displays a single SWF file and then closes. The
, set the
MovieClip._lockroot
method to remove SWF files or images loaded with the
MovieClip.loadVariables()
MovieClip.loadMovie()
or if you create a dynamic handler using an event handler method
on()
, and then you call
or , and then call
on()
MovieClip.onPress()
replaces the movie clip with the image but doesn't give you
loadMovie()
MovieClipLoader.loadClip()
property to
_lockroot
can be unpredictable. If you attach an event
loadMovie()
on that movie clip, the event handler
loadMovie()
loadMovie()
method to make the image act like a button.
in the loader
true
to in the loader movie,
true
method to keep the active SWF
, the event handler does not remain
to load the image picture.jpg into
instead of