ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

loadMovie() Global Function

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current timeline instead of the new, undefined level. For example, when executed from the

main timeline of

_level0, the following will replace the movie in _level0 if _level1 has not

yet been defined:

loadMovie("myMovie.swf", _level1);

The following is a safer approach if you can’t guarantee that the level already exists:

loadMovie("myMovie.swf", "_level1"); // Works even if _level1 doesn't exist

However, the existence of _level0 is always guaranteed, so we can always refer to it using

_level0 without quotes, as in:

startDrag(_level0, true);

See Also

_global, loadMovie( ), _root, unloadMovie( ); “Importing External Movies,” and “Movie

and Instance Stacking Order,” in Chapter 13

loadMovie() Global Function

load an external .swf or .jpg file into the Player

Flash 4; Flash 6 adds .jpg loading and security restrictions

loadMovie(url, target)

loadMovie(url, target, method)

Arguments

url A string specifying the absolute or relative file path of the external .swf movie

or .jpg image file to load. All URLs must use forward slashes, and absolute

URLs must include the protocol reference (e.g., http:// or file:///). Relative URLs

are resolved relative to the URL of the movie on

_level0 (i.e., _level0._url)

and use the http:// protocol by default. ...