How to create a site loading external SWF with Flash CS3

[bshertshalom]

I'm trying to create a simple movie and cant, I was using flash mx and it was easy but know I upgraded to cs3 and well I import my movie to flash than export it back out to insert it in dreamweaver and it just comes up blank, what the blank? is going on! can anyone help?
Thanks

[alvy_s]

Hello,

This is an excellent tutorial and I have been looking for something like this for a long time. Thanks very much. I have built a framework for a site using my graphics and buttons, however in Safari 3 on a Macintosh with Flash Player 10 I sometimes receive the following error :

ArgumentError: Error #2025: Le DisplayObject indiqué doit être un enfant de l'appelant.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at Main/cambiaSezione()

I haven't made any changes to the 'Main.as' file.

Does anyone know what the problem is?

[alvy_s]

Whoops. Here is the error message in English:

ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at Main/cambiaSezione()

[theflashfactory]

hi ive tried using this script to load in an as2 gallery that uses caurina tweener class. the first time the swf loads it works fine but on subsequent loads the tween no longer works. any ideas?
thanks
TFF

[unstanic]

Thanks very mutch!

I have one question though...

If i wanted to load only one .swf of this kind
via UILoader component in Flash CS3,
What should i do?

The method I use is to insert the UILoader component,
click on it, go to parameters, change scaleContent into false
and type main.swf in source.

In this case I get an Error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at main/::init()
at main$iinit()

Please if you know Help me...
Thanks again...

[unstanic]

I made a step but now it throws me an error:

Symbol 'mc_menu'
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: menu1_mc.
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: menu2_mc.
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: menu3_mc.
1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: menu4_mc.

It must be something very simple!
Please any suggestion....

[unstanic]

Found the solution!!

Just removed "stage.frameRate=31;" from Main.as

Thanks for this tutorial!

[Snowman]

mhhh I'have done the same thing like xoxo but... Inserted new layer, imported the video, changed in main.as the url and in local all it works.

Now, when I publish main.swf and all the files sezione in the sezioni folder andy i play the movie I have a strange problem, It load only the content of the first button (there are 5 videos). It means: if I press the button sezione 1 it load without problem the video, but now all the buttos sezione 2,3,4,5 will not work they don't load the content.

The same if for first i press sezione 2, it load the video, but all the other buttons will not work.

That's strange... someone can help me?

[csonnenb@hotmail.com]

Thank you for these great tutorials and thank you for being gracious by providing answers to Flash newbs like myself.

The "loading external SWF" template works very well, but I'm having trouble trying to use the existing preloader for the initial loading of main.swf. I added a background and some buttons that I want to remain constant as the other swfs load, so it takes some time and right now if a user clicks on the 'enter' button before the page loads, they get a big fat black screen. I tried making the first two frames into it's own movie and then I tried adding the 'main.as' class to the mc, and I removed it from the main FLA, then I put in my own preloader just to load the first page, but it does not work. What else can I try?

Also.. My buttons disapear while the external swfs load. Is it supposed to do that?

[2goirish]

This is by far the best commented script I think I've ever seen. Awesome job and it helps me a ton - I've been struggling with this all day. Thank you!