AS2 .swf loadmovie() and unloadmovie() fail when nested inside an AS3 .swf container

Question

I have an AS2 .swf being loaded as a child of a parent AS3 .swf. The AS2.swf calls loadmovie() and unloadmovie() to display 3 jpeg files. The images load the first time, but after that, a call to loadmovie() to replace the image, or a call to unloadmovie() fail. I found the following Adobe Bug report (https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3338?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel) that has said this has been resolved, and also said that child movieclips could be replaced without a problem. Here is the code I'm calling.

_root.help_mc.scenes_image1_mc.loadMovie("first.jpg");
_root.help_mc.scenes_image2_mc.loadMovie("second.jpg");
_root.help_mc.scenes_image3_mc.loadMovie("third.jpg");

_root.help_mc.scenes_image1_mc.unloadMovie();
_root.help_mc.scenes_image2_mc.unloadMovie();
_root.help_mc.scenes_image3_mc.unloadMovie();

I'm not well versed in ActionScript, so I'm afraid I might not be referencing the movieclip in the correct way. The bug report said child swf's cannot replace themseleves, but if the AS2 swf is acting as the psuedo root, can I reference the movieclip through the AS2 swf?

Answer 1

In ActionScript 3 you load a movie like this:

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("first.jpg");
myLoader.load(url);
addChild(myLoader);

Answer 2

uh, im having the same problem

"Todd Moses", pasted how one loads stuff in AS3, there is no problem there.

the problem is that AS2/AS3 loadMovie doesnt work when its being loaded from AS3 files.

Answer 3

to remove it use : removeChild(myLoader)