Flash - Load Unload movie clips / images

1. Fire up your flash application and create a new document as per your requirement. In my case I have set the document size to 490px by 125px.

2. Create 3 images of 450px X 125px size in photoshop or any other application.

3. Next create a folder and and place all your images in this folder.

4. In your flash application either create your own buttons ( 4 numbers ) or use the default flash buttons available via windows >> common libraries >> buttons.

8. Now drag the button from the library on to the working area on the extreme left. Place four buttons giving each button a unique instance name.

9. Right click the top button and choose actions from the context menu. Place the following code.

on (release) {
emptyclip.loadMovie("1.jpg");
}

10. Choose the second and the third button and in the actions window place the above code but change the image name for each, example 2.jpg and 3.jpg ( you have to use your own image names ).

10. For the last button ( unload button ) place the following code in the actions window.

on (release) {
emptyclip.unloadMovie();
}

Ctrl + Enter to view the movie. This is how a movie is loaded and unload. We have not used movies but images, but you can create individual movies just like images and use them instead.

11. We will go one step further and create fade in effect for individual movies, in our case images. by placing the following code in the emptyclip movie.

onClipEvent (load) {
this._alpha = 0;
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if (this._alpha <100) {
this._alpha += 10;
}
}

Hope you enjoyed this small tutorial on how load unload movies.