Problem with attachMovie popup windows

How would you code that? I assume you would add a line of code in each button calling out which file to load. Would you use loadVars in the window and then control what loads in the button somehow?

I just tried loadVars to see if I could make it work. the HTML isn't loading for some reason but the code is recognized, it pops up an error when I click on the button when I test the movie.

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function() {
popup_txt.html = true;
popup_txt.htmlText = this.myVariable;

};
myData.load("theslidehtml.txt");

The HTML is formatted as a very simple text page although I haven't gone through to check if all the tags are supported. Can you think of anything that would have kept it from loading.

you can use the same popup and assign its text or htmlText property to different strings depending upon which button is pressed.

figured out the problem. I hate it when little piddly things take up so much time and then you realize what happened and feel dumb.

The mispelling of removeMovieClip() must have come from the transfer to the forum as it was spelled correctly in the actionscript.

Also using "this" as the object works just fine.

So, what you ask, was the problem? The close button I used inside the popup MC was set to export to actionscript in the library. Turning this off makes the script work flawlessly.

Thanks for your help, it made me think about it just long enough to figure out that one little glitch.

Now: can anyone point out what blunders I should watch out for in attempting to load simple HTML into this window I've made? I have several buttons which will load essentially the same window. Do I need to duplicate it or can I call this same MC for each button and set the loader or dynamic text box inside it to load different files for each depending on which button is clicked?

I'm not following you. I should remove the instance name from within removeMovieclip? i.e.:

on (press) {
this.removeMovieclip();
}

or:

on (press) {
this._parent.removeMovieclip("window");
}

This does nothing as well.
I'm afraid I'm missing what you are trying to say. could you right out the code as you would input it for both the button to call the movieclip as well as the close button within the movieclip?

Thanks.

oops. that should be removeMovieClip().

I tried it as well as all the combinations of the two. Changing "this" in both makes the popup not appear. Changing it only in the close button does nothing, the movieclip still stays on the stage.

no, but it might be related to "this" in your two buttons. are those movieclip buttons or are they true buttons located on different timelines? if yes, that's the problem.