Hiding a loading movie

existingClip_mc.loadMovie(" http://www.woodside-homes.com/images2/woodside_homes-logoL.jpg",this._visible=false)

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"invictusBob" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I'm loading a number of movies into existing mcs. Eg
> existingClip_mc.loadMovie("newClip"). The first line of code on the new mc
> sets
> visible to false. Before that code runs, however, as the mcs are loaded
> they
> appear momentarily and are then hidden. I've tried setting the hosting mc
> to
> visible = false but this doesn't work. What's the trick for invisible
> loading?
>
> Bob
>

Bob-
Did you try and load the mc off to the side out of the visible play area? Then make it invisible, move the movie clip to the correct position and then finally make visible when it needs to be.
Keep me posted if that works.
Sean