Flash Site Design - LoadMovie and Level placement

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LoadMovie and Level placement

ladyluna

2004-05-14, 10:29 pm

Hi All,
I am just learning how to use the load movie command, and I want to know if it
is advisable to create the loaded movies the same size as the one they are
loaded into with the content in the correct place and white space around it, or
if it is easier or better to create the loaded movie as small as possible and
load it to a specific location within the parent. If I should do it the second
way, I cannot figure out how to place it other than in the top L. Is there
actionscript that accompanies this command I should know, or does Flash have a
non-script writer way to do this?
Thanks in advance for any guidance you can give me!

Luna

abeall

2004-05-14, 10:29 pm

1) I don't think it creates a problem to have white space. It won't affect file
size, that's for sure, and as long as there's nothing there it certainly
doesn't *seem* to affect playback.
2) I typically take the main movie, strip it down to a static state, set all
layers as Guide Layers(so they dont publish) then save as mainMovieBlank.fla or
something similar, then I can position everything perfectly over top and Save
As for all the sections to be loaded into levels.
3) I don't know of a way to position levels and I don't think there is a
direct way(though it seems like there could be) but if you use loadMovie()
instead of LoadMovieNum() you load the movie into a movieClip and thus wherever
you put the MC on the main movie is where the external movie will be loading
giving you placement control.

HTH!

Brit

2004-05-15, 9:28 am

That lst answer was a bit confusing.

Make your loaded movie the same size as the original and load it on level 1

or if you want to make it smaller then put a blank movie clip on the
original and call it empty
if you are using a button to open the new clip it might look like this :

on (release) {
loadMovie("yourloadedmovie.swf", "empty");
}

where the target is empty

"ladyluna" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:c83fjo$ht8$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hi All,
> I am just learning how to use the load movie command, and I want to know
if it
> is advisable to create the loaded movies the same size as the one they are
> loaded into with the content in the correct place and white space around
it, or
> if it is easier or better to create the loaded movie as small as possible
and
> load it to a specific location within the parent. If I should do it the
second
> way, I cannot figure out how to place it other than in the top L. Is there
> actionscript that accompanies this command I should know, or does Flash
have a
> non-script writer way to do this?
> Thanks in advance for any guidance you can give me!
>
> Luna
>

ladyluna

2004-05-18, 7:38 pm

Thanks, your advice is very helpful. I think the template file is a great way to keep everything in perfect alignment. Much appreciated!
Luna