Name
loadMovie( ) Global Function — load an external .
swf file into the Player
Availability
Flash 4 and later. The loadMovie( )
function in
Flash 5 corresponds to the Flash 4 Load Movie
with a target path.
Synopsis
loadMovie(URL, target) loadMovie(URL, target, method)
Arguments
- URL
A string specifying the absolute or relative file path to the external
.swf
file to load. All URLs must use forward slashes, and absolute URLs must include either thehttp://
orfile|///
protocol reference.
- target
A string indicating the movie clip or document level that will host the external
.swf
file. May also be a reference to an existing movie clip or document level (references are converted to paths when used in a string context).
- method
An optional string indicating the method by which to send variables to an external script. The legal values for
method
are"GET"
and"
POST"
. This parameter must be a literal, not a variable or other expression. The standalone version of the Flash Player always uses the"GET"
method regardless of themethod
specified.
Description
The loadMovie( )
function imports the
.swf
file located at
URL
into the Flash Player.
If target
is a reference to an existing
movie clip or a string indicating the path to a movie clip, the
loaded .swf
file is placed into the specified
clip (causing the eviction of any previous content). To load a movie
into the current movie clip, use the empty
string as the target
parameter, as in:
loadMovie("myMovie.swf", "")
If target
is a reference to an existing ...
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