Problem importing .swf file into a .fla document

[Martin84]

Hi, im attempting to build a portfolio website in flash professional 8 and want to import an .swf file into the .fla document but I cant get it to work.

I created white square then converted it into a movie clip (realisticface_ mc) and attached the following code (found in the flash help section):

onClipEvent (enterFrame){
loadMovie("C:\w amp\www\portfol io\materials\re alisticface.swf ", realisticface_m c);
}

I dont get any error messages with the code but the .swf file doesn't show up in the movie clip. I also tried deleting out the original white square in case this covered the .swf file up in any way but it still didn't work.

Can someone please help me with this?

Thanks in advance, Martin

[Atran]

Hi, im attempting to build a portfolio website in flash professional 8 and want to import an .swf file into the .fla document but I cant get it to work.

I created white square then converted it into a movie clip (realisticface_ mc) and attached the following code (found in the flash help section):

onClipEvent (enterFrame){
loadMovie("C:\w amp\www\portfol io\materials\re alisticface.swf ", realisticface_m c);
}

I dont get any error messages with the code but the .swf file doesn't show up in the movie clip. I also tried deleting out the original white square in case this covered the .swf file up in any way but it still didn't work.

Can someone please help me with this?

Thanks in advance, Martin

Hello, try to use this code:

loadMovie("Name.swf", _root);

Hope this help you.

[Atran]

Your code works well, I think your problem is in the movieclip:
Every movieclip has a registartion point.
So the loaded movie be set on the movieclip registartion point, I mean the loaded movie target (X = 0, Y=0) be start on the movieclip registartion point.
Hope this help you.

[Martin84]

Hi, I managed to get it to work using the MovieClipLoader command but the .swf background seems to be alphad out by default. Is there any way that I can get the background colour to show?

[coolsmoke]

This is how I load my external .swf files, in exactly the same way as you, by creating an empty white movie clip and adding this action script to the frame loadMovie("movi ename.swf", image_mc);

As for adding colour to the background of your imported .swf, simply add a new layer into the .swf you want to import, making sure the new layer is called bg (background), placing the layer under the work, then adding a coloured rectangle of your choice and set it to the dimentions of the work area, but I have found that in the new age of wide screen, some times the background colour has to be set at 900 width to fill the space on the screen.