MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT, Reference Manual

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Example
The following
loadMovie()
statement is attached to a navigation button labeled Products. There
is an invisible movie clip on the Stage with the instance name
dropZone
. The
loadMovie()
function uses this movie clip as the target parameter to load the products in the SWF file into the
correct position on the Stage.
on(release) {
loadMovie("products.swf",_root.dropZone);
}
The following example loads a JPEG image from the same directory as the SWF file that calls the
loadMovie()
function:
loadMovie("image45.jpeg", "ourMovieClip");
See also
_level
,
loadMovieNum()
,
MovieClipLoader.loadClip() , unloadMovie()
loadMovieNum()
Availability
Flash Player 4. Flash 4 files opened in Flash 5 or later are converted to use the correct syntax.
Usage
loadMovieNum(" url ", level [, variables ])
Parameters
url
The absolute or relative URL of the SWF or JPEG file to be loaded. A relative path must be
relative to the SWF file at level 0. For use in the stand-alone Flash Player or for testing in
test-movie mode in the Flash authoring application, all SWF files must be stored in the same
folder; and the filenames cannot include folder or disk drive specifications.
level
An integer specifying the level in Flash Player into which the SWF file will be loaded.
variables
An optional parameter specifying an HTTP method for sending variables. The
parameter must be the string
GET
or
POST
. If there are no variables to be sent, omit this parameter.
The
GET
method appends the variables to the end of the URL and is used for small numbers of
variables. The
POST
method sends the variables in a separate HTTP header and is used for long
strings of variables.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Function; loads a SWF or JPEG file into a level in Flash Player while the originally loaded SWF
file is playing.
Tip: If you want to monitor the progress of the download, use MovieClipLoader.loadClip() instead of
this function.
Normally, Flash Player displays a single SWF file and then closes. The
loadMovieNum()
action
lets you display several SWF files at once and switch between SWF files without loading another
HTML document.