LOAD external file

stop();

var req3:URLRequest = new URLRequest("whatever.swf");

var loader3:Loader = new Loader();

loader3.load(req3);

addChild(loader3);

Good AS3 Preloader Tutorial

http://www.flashmagazine.com/tutorials/detail/how_to_make_a_custom_as3_preloader/

AS3 PRELOADER

AS3 using a MovieClip as a Button w/ Animation

LINK to explanation/TUTORIAL (http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=164295):

code using:

import flash.display.MovieClip

import flash.events.MouseEvent:

import flash.display.MovieClip; 

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

myMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER, onRollOverHandler);

myMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, onRollOutHandler); 

myMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onClickHandler); 

myMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onPressHandler); 

myMc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, onReleaseHandler);

// if you want a hand cursor  

myMc.buttonMode = true; myMc.useHandCursor = true;

function onRollOverHandler(myEvent:MouseEvent) {

        trace("s1");  

        myMc.gotoAndPlay("_over"); 

} 

function onRollOutHandler(myEvent:MouseEvent) {  

               trace("Out");  

               myMc.gotoAndPlay("_out");  

               // myMc.stop(); 

}

function onClickHandler(myEvent:MouseEvent) {  

              trace("I waited for Press AND Release!!!"); 

} 

function onPressHandler(myEvent:MouseEvent) {  

              trace("Press"); 

} 

function onReleaseHandler(myEvent:MouseEvent) {  

              trace("Release"); 

}

 

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thejetty.org

Title: thejetty.org
Artist: Hidekazu Minami
Date Created: 2000
URL: http://www.thejetty.org/

WAXWEB

Title: WAXWEB

Artist: David Blair

date created: 1994

URL: http://www.iath.virginia.edu/wax/ 

link to information about WAXWEB on Wikipedia