Subject: RE: Thunderdome: attaching movie clips
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:09:51 -0800
From: "Henry Y. Lee" <monkeyboy@adobe.com>
To: "Thunderdome" <external_thunderdome@adobe.com>

attachMovie is supported in LM2.  I'm attaching a file to this e-mail as
well.

First create your movieClip like you would normally.  To set the clip up to
be "attachable," open up the export settings.  Select your object.  In the
palette, click on the bouncing ball tab.  Click on the box next to
"Attachable."  Once you've clicked on this, click on other objects as well.
You'll notice that the check mark goes away.  This setting is for each
individual object.  Ok, now go find the to be attachable movie clip.  With
that selected, give it a name that you want to use when you want to attach
it.  This can be the same name as you've named it in the timeline.  This
will make the movie clip attachable.

Now, to actually attach the movie clip, create a button.  In the down state,
type:  _root.attachMovie("<insert name that you put into the export
settings>", "<new name that you will use to reference>", 0);

The result might be something like:  _root.attachMovie("extClip",
"attached00", 0);

Now every time you click on the button, you will attach extClip to the
timeline with an instance name of attached00.

See the attached file as an example.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-external_thunderdome@adobe.com
> [mailto:owner-external_thunderdome@adobe.com]On Behalf Of Dan Riley
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 4:14 PM
> To: Thunderdome
> Subject: RE: Thunderdome: attaching movie clips
>
>
> But is there a way that you can reference a movie to load that
> isn't already
> in the compositions timeline. I'm thinking more like the attachMovie()
> method, where I can create the object in the composition
> and leave it off the timeline to attach later.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-external_thunderdome@adobe.com
> [mailto:owner-external_thunderdome@adobe.com]On Behalf Of anthony amidei
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:48 PM
> To: Thunderdome
> Subject: Re: Thunderdome: attaching movie clips
>
>
> See loadMovie in the Script editor for details
>     - loadMovieNum(URL, LEVELNUM);
>
>
> .....................................
>
> > From: "Dan Riley" <dan@peelinteractive.com>
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 15:22:03 -0800
> > To: "Thunderdome" <external_thunderdome@adobe.com>
> > Subject: Thunderdome: attaching movie clips
> >
> > Is there any way to create a movie that exists outside of the
> timeline and
> > attach it with script, or can movies only be scripted to that already
> exist
> > on the timeline?
> >
> > Dan Riley | Interactive Director
> >
> > PEEL Interactive Media
> > 711 35th Ave #524
> > Seattle, WA 98103
> > 206.284.8864 office
> > 206.633.1431 fax
> >
> > http://www.peelinteractive.com
> >
>
>

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