5 Replies Latest reply on Jan 5, 2007 7:52 AM by kglad

sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

JayCeeBE Jan 3, 2007 7:04 AM

Here is my situation, i have a framework in which i load the diffrent pages of my website. The framework is resized so it spreads across the full webpage. In this framework i load my swfs(pages),

I want these swfs to contain the bg movieclip for that particular page. But this movieClip must be set in the framework because it too needs to be fullscreen + the bg must be set behind the menu wich is also a seperate swf loaded in the framework.

I know i could have my bg mc's in the framework but i want like a system where i work on 1swf per page and don't have to worry about anything else or open other files.

1. Re: sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

kglad Jan 3, 2007 3:24 PM (in response to JayCeeBE)

use loadMove() to load your bg swf (make sure it's large enough to cover your stage and use swapDepths() to ensure it's below everything else.
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2. Re: sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

JayCeeBE Jan 4, 2007 12:20 AM (in response to kglad)

I can't do this because i also have content in my page.swf which can not be stretched. I use aligners to stretch the bg to fullscreen (fullscreen in this case means my entire explorer/fox page) so the start size of my bg doesn't matter. These aligners also change the size of my bg when a user changes the size of his explorer and keeps the content centerd.

But those aligners are located in my framework.swf so i need a way to send only the background movieclip to the framework.swf and then set it as background.

The sending part isn't the problem, i can send the movieclip to a function in the framework, then i need to set it as the background but i can't seem to swap it's depth with a movieclip of the framework. I've tried using duplicate movie as well but it seems to duplicate it in my page swf so that's not working either.
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3. Re: sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

kglad Jan 4, 2007 9:46 AM (in response to JayCeeBE)

i don't understand what you're trying to do.
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4. Re: sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

JayCeeBE Jan 5, 2007 12:25 AM (in response to kglad)

Basicly i want to send a movieclip from 1 swf to another and set it as the bg of my site so i would need a way to replace backgroundReplacement_mc in the framework with a bg_mc coming from the library in page.swf.
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5. Re: sending a mc from 1 swf to another and set as bg?

kglad Jan 5, 2007 7:52 AM (in response to JayCeeBE)

to use a movieclip that's not instantiated (but in the library) in an external swf you need to employ library shared assets.
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