Depth inside a MC

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>Vee< - 30 Nov 2005 22:37 GMT

I am trying to create a child(sub_mc_1) mc inside a mc (main_mc_1) that is on
_level0 that will load external .jpgs. This part works fine.
main_mc_1.onLoad = function() {
this.createEmptyMovieClip("isub_mc_1", 1);
this.sub_mc_1.loadMovie("images/something.jpg");
};

The problem I am having is that I want a the emptyMC to be behind a black
frame I have built into main_mc_1. I am getting the feeling that the depth
only really works well on the _root timeline and not inside the timeline of an
existing mc. If you can help me position the empty mc behind the frame inside
main_mc_1 that would be great. I have tried afew depths and still it blocks my
frame on two sides.

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djrez3 - 30 Nov 2005 22:50 GMT

are you attaching the fame with actionscript or is it setting on a layer?

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NSurveyor - 30 Nov 2005 23:02 GMT

You can set the depth for isub_mc1 to a very negative depth because your frame
was made in authoring so it is assigned a negative depth(don't know which one
exactly will work). You could convert your "black frame" into a movieclip, and
then use swapDepths to move it to depth 2. OR, you could make it a movieclip,
and set's linkage in the library and then use attachMovie to attach it on depth
2.

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