Shockwave

[modifie]

I have a number of shockwave movies that link together. When one movie file calls another movie file the browser returns an error saying unable to open the file. When I run the same on my local harddrive it works fine! Has anyone else experienced this? If so how do I solve this issue.
If you want to take a look goto:
http://66.78.37.14/
then wait and choose one of the four options at the end of the movie.
Thanks

[modifie]

OK I figured out to use the gotoNetMovie handler but then how do i get it to go to a specfic frame or marker

[cavedweller]

dude you have to set it up to work on the web that means putting all the files in a folder (i found that to be the easeist way at least). Then they will not have to change levels to pull the files.
If that doesent help let me know and I'll fire up the F5 and see what i can come up with but that will probably solve the problem. I had it when I made one of my first flash sites. I could have shit i was sio freaked out. Then flashkit told me to try and put them in the same subfolder and problem solved.
as far as getting it to open on a certain frame set it to open whatever movie at whatever frame. load movie goto frame whatver.

[modifie]

I have the files in the same directory. However in the lingo code is where i usually use the handler "go to frame x of movie x"but to access a shockwave file apparently you have to use "gotoNetMovie" which doesnt let you specifiy a frame lable or number?:rolleyes:

[cavedweller]

what are you using Dir 8.5 or something. You should specify your a director user I thought you were a newbie to flash and decided to call it "go to net movie". Use some lingo and make it work. Hell lingo is a lot more powerful than actionscript so use it. If you go to flashkit.com they have a director section for web. maybe that will help you. Plus they have forums, where all the super flash and director guys do their thing they are the ones to ask they use all this shit everyday. They'll even write the code for you.

have fun

Themens

[modifie]

Right on thanks man.

Kyle

[freggel]

Yep, Flashkit is pretty good, especially to study tutorials on how to get things done in Flash.

The forums are somewhat whacky though.

I'm using both, Director and Flash.
My experience with flash is that it's a good options to load flash movies into the main movie. Using "Tell Target" makes it a piece of cake, no matter in what dir your movies are.

Director is great for producing multimedia-presentations (cd etc.) since it includes videos and 3D features.
Director uses Lingo, whereas Flash uses Actionscript. Since Flash5 has been released there's no more difference. Actionscript is a plain computer language, which means that any programmer can write a script that fits your needs.

Worth checking is also the support area of macromedia. First choose Director, and type in some keywords. It'll bring you a far better explanation than the help included in Director (or Flash).

[modifie]

I have already exhausted most of those resources for help with my specfic problem.