Targeting of movie clip not working

no offense Noel - but the MovieClipLoader class is far superior to loadMovie - and unfortunately I see the error in my code above :( we need the listener...

so danycom add the following line after the first declarations:

var mcl = new MovieClipLoader();
var lstn = new Object();
mcl.addListener(lstn);

sorry about that :)

Hello,

Try creating a global variable in the quebec movie and then test for the variable in the main movie first before going to the "montreal" frame.

For example

(All Actionscript 2)

[quebec.swf]
_global.allLoaded = 1;

[main.swf]

_root.createEmptyMovieClip('container_mc', 1);
_root.container_mc.loadMovie('exported_clips/quebec.swf');

_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_root.container_mc.getBytesLoaded() >= _root.container_mc.getBytesTotal()) {
// Test for global variable here
if(allLoaded == 1){
_root.container_mc.gotoAndStop("montreal");
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}
}

See if that works

I tried all your suggestions. No luck! It loads the movie in the container_mc clip but it does not go to the "montreal" label. I even tried the frame number instead of the label, still does not work. I added a button in the clip that links to the "montreal" label and that works, but I must click the button. What I want is to go to that label after the clip has loaded.

Yvan

Use the MovieClipLoader class, and not the way that was just suggested. The class has methods for checking the load progress, when the load completes, and when the asset initializes. Here is an example
http://forums.flashgods.org/as2-loading-external-swfs-t70.html

You are referencing something immediately after loading it.
Flash needs time to load the clip, and initialize it (even when working offline).

I can't remember the elegant way of doing it, but you could do this:

loadMovie("exported_clips/quebec.swf", container_mc);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
//Wait for it to be finished loading
if(container_mc.getBytesLoaded() == container_mc.getBytesTotal()) {
container_mc.gotoAndStop("montreal");
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
}

Note here that I didn't put the enterFrame directly on the container_mc, after you call the loadMovie you throw that mc's properties out the window. So I applied it to the root (or wherever this code is going).

Hope this helps out