external swf

[fotografis]

home page has 9 paintings (buttons), each should open a full new stage, identical to home but with different paintings in it. I created 9 swf's,each with it's own navigation and a button to take me home, a.s.o.
Nothing I tried, works ( loader, URLloader...) + 2 AS3 books
Would very much appreciate some help, the simplest, the better.
Thanks

[Jamesabth]

var loader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(loader);

loader.load(new URLRequest("mySWF.swf")); //Load in SWF/PNG/JPG...

This will load an external swf into your movie, you can call loader.load() as each time a button is clicked and perhaps toggle the visibility of the loader.

[fotografis]

Thanks,

I managed to make it work by itself, but I have a hard time assigning a button to trigger the load.
Would you be so kind and help me again? Here is the script so far without the mouse down action:

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.load(new URLRequest("MoonPage.swf"));
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);

function loaded(evt:Event):void {
addChild(evt.target.content);
}

Much obliged,
Dan

[Jamesabth]

Is MoonPage.swf the homepage - or is the hompage within the main SWF?

[fotografis]

MoonPage.swf is one of 9 external swf's. The HomePage has 9 btn's that should take me to each one of the external swf's. Once the ext swf is loaded, I have a home btn that shoul take me back to the HomePage, aso. On a new test stage I succeeded to load an ext swf, but not triggered by a btn.
I'm not sure if I'm clear enough, but I surely need a helping hand.
Thanks again,
Dan

[Jamesabth]

Provided you have a button close_btn and thumb1_btn, thumb2_btn etc...
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var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);

close_btn.visible = false;

function loaded(ev:Event):void {
addChild(ldr);
close_btn.visible = true;
close_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, closeLdr);
addChild(close_btn);
}

function closeLdr(ev:MouseEvent):void {
close_btn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, closeLdr);
close_btn.visible = false;
removeChild(ldr);
}

thumb1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, openThumb1);

function openThumb1(ev:MouseEvent):void {
ldr.load(new URLRequest("images1.swf"));
}

[Jamesabth]

You'll also need to make a block so that you can't see through to the buttons. You could just make a movieclip that you can toggle the visibility of.

[fotografis]

What is the close_btn doing"? Do I really need it?

[Jamesabth]

That is to close the SWF and return.

[fotografis]

Nothing works!!!
except this loader, which acts on its own. How can I make it listen to a mouse down action?
Thanks again and please forgive my pestering and ignorance.

[fotografis]

OOOPS
forgot the code:

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.load(new URLRequest("MoonPage.swf"));
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
function loaded(evt:Event):void {
addChild(evt.target.content);
}

[Jamesabth]

something.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, func);

However, I am not sure why this is not working. You have to duplicate the code to do with thumb1 for all the thumbs.

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Originally posted by: fotografis
OOOPS
forgot the code:

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.load(new URLRequest("MoonPage.swf"));
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
function loaded(evt:Event):void {
addChild(evt.target.content);
}

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This code should not be included. I have corrected it in the code above.

[fotografis]

Forgot to thank you.
If I can do anything for you besides Flash do not hesitate to contact me
Thanks a lot,
Dan