Re: loading mc into empty mc

Woops, looks like I missed this one...
Yes, you should definitely have an instance of the empty MC on the stage.

// this means that you are creating an instance of a class
// or movieclip in the library...
var myMC:MovieClip = new MyTestMC();

// this means that there is already an instance of the container MC
// on the stage and the instance name is 'myContainerMC'.
myContainerMC.addChild(myMC);


If you DON'T have an instance on the stage, you could do something similar as we did with the MyTestMC:


var myContainerMC:MovieClip = new MyContainerMC();
addChild(myContainerMC);

// myButton would have to be an instance on the stage...
myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, myButtonClick, false, 0, true);

function myButtonClick(e:MouseEvent):void {

// if the container is not empty (i.e. if you have previously
// loaded another MC), the container's contents will be cleared.
clearContainer();

// create a new instance of your movieclip
// and add it to the container
var myMC:MovieClip = new MyTestMC();
myContainerMC.addChild(myMC);

}



Kind regards,
Pieter

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