May 2001
Intermediate to advanced
720 pages
23h 24m
English
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Name
loadMovieNum( ) Global Function — load an external .swf file into a document level
Availability
Flash 3; enhanced in Flash 4 to include the
method parameter; available in Flash 5.
The loadMovieNum( ) function corresponds with
Flash 3’s Load Movie, which accepted only
level numbers.
Synopsis
loadMovieNum(URL, level) loadMovieNum(URL, level, method)
Arguments
- URL
A string specifying the absolute or relative file path of the external
.swffile to load.
- level
A non-negative integer, or an expression that yields one, indicating the document level that will host the external
.swffile.
- method
An optional string indicating the method by which to send variables to an external script. The legal values for
methodare"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 themethodspecified.
Description
The loadMovieNum( ) function is nearly identical
to loadMovie( ) except that it requires the
target level of the load operation to be
specified as a number rather than as a string. This means that
loadMovieNum( ) can load movies only into
document levels, not host clips. If the specified level doesn’t
exist, it will be created. If the specified level does exist, its
occupant is replaced by the new .swf file. It is
valid to load a movie into _level2 even if
_level1 hasn’t been created.
The loadMovieNum( ) function can be used when we wish to dynamically assign the level of a loaded ...
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