button on level_1 of attached swf link to mc on root of target swf

I have a webpage that i am redesigning and have come across a problem.

The page is made up of a "blank" page (main_page.swf) containing empty placeholders into which i am loading previously created SWFs using the loadMovie script.

The problem is that one of the loaded SWFs is a menu (menu.swf). on level_1 (slideBackground_mc) of the menu are a series of buttons (eg. main_btn). I am trying to use the buttons to load other external SWFs (main_text.swf, music.swf etc) into a content placeholder (content_mc) in main_page.swf.

the script i am using is:

main_btn.onRelease = function(){
loadMovie(main_text.swf,_root.content_mc)

I understand why this doesn't work, as it refers to the root of menu.swf. how do i get it to refer to content_mc on the root of main_page.swf.


I hope this is clear enough for someone to understand and explain to me whether it is possible to do.

Many thanks in advance.
jmckerchar

Hi, try:

loadMovie("main_text.swf",_root.content_mc);

see if that helps.

In all honesty I'm not 100% sure where the target is. My guess is that when you use loadMovie in this way "_root" becomes the main root. i.e. main_page.swf's root. I'm sure when I did something similar ages ago I had to plan out the structure a bit.

Each movie on its own has its own root but when you load them into another they become children of that root. there can be only one! ----+

so i think it's alright, try the quotes and let me know how it goes.

thanks.

that worked. i tried with a fresh set of SWFs/movieClips and everything worked fine.

I think it must have been a problem with my directory structure or something. i'll have to check properly when i get home from work.

Thanks again.
jmckerchar