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Participating Frequently
May 4, 2013
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Loading an external swf and unloading the parent one

  • May 4, 2013
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Hi there i have made a navigation in flash and 3 buttons that load some external swf's. Problem is that when they load the parent swf keeps playing in the background. How can i make them play separately and make the navigation stage dissapear completely when they load?

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Ned Murphy
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May 4, 2013

It depends on how your file is designed.  It might be possible to have all the main content that is not involved with the loaded content in a movieclip where you control the visibility of it.

Participating Frequently
May 4, 2013

Unfortunately i cannot do that because its not like some buttons in a webpage it has a background image some huge buttons etc. I want the external swf to start fresh

Ned Murphy
Legend
May 4, 2013

Nothing that you just described would forego being abble to place it in a movieclip.... If it is occupying your main timeline, it can occupy a movieclip's timeline just as easily.

What you cannot do is remove a parent object and expect the children of it to stick around... they are removed with it