Actionscript 3 Loading mulitple external .swf files

[mrentschler]

I built a loader with three buttons, each of which loads a different external swf. The code works, and all three buttons load the correct swf, but when I click the second button before the first swf is finished playing, the two movies overlap. If I click all three buttons in succession, all three swfs play, one over the other.

How do I code the buttons so they first stop the swf that is already playing, and then play the swf they are meant to load? Here is my code:

var imageRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("scene1.swf");

var imageLoader:Loader = new Loader();

welcomeBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loader);

function loader(event:MouseEvent){
imageLoader.load(imageRequest);
marker.addChild(imageLoader);
}

var imageRequest2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("scene2.swf");

var imageLoader2:Loader = new Loader();

designBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loader2);

function loader2(event:MouseEvent){
imageLoader2.load(imageRequest2);
marker.addChild(imageLoader2);
}

var imageRequest3:URLRequest = new URLRequest("scene3.swf");

var imageLoader3:Loader = new Loader();

sponsorBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loader3);

function loader3(event:MouseEvent){
imageLoader3.load(imageRequest3);
marker.addChild(imageLoader3);
}

Thanks, Flep! Your tutorials are the best!

[epocs]

hey mrentschler, im a newb but i think what you are looking for is removeChildAt(i);
with "i" being an array index. since you are loading 1 object into the marker mc, it is a child of marker mc in the first index (0)

so in the mouse event functions you can just remove any children before loading the next swf, ie:

function loader(event:MouseEvent){
marker.removeChildAt(0);
imageLoader.load(imageRequest);
marker.addChild(imageLoader);
}

theres probably a better way to do it..but thats my 2 cents