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Flash Tutorial - Communication between Flash Movies: Part 1

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Step One: Creating the Controller Movie

This is the Movie that you will use to control the other Movies.

1. Open a new: Flash Movie
2. Make the Document Size: 120 x 80 pixels
   You can do this in: Modify > Document
3. Place on the Main Stage: Two buttons
   Either make your own buttons or drag them out of the Library: Window > Other Panels > Common Libraries > Buttons
4. Type under the first button the word: Stop
5. Type under the second button the word: Play
   
   
   Your Movie should look similar to this.
   
   
6. Add the following code to your Stop button:

   on (release) {
       _root.mySender.send("myConnections", "myAction", 2);
   }
   
   

7. Add the following code to your Play button:

on (release) {
    _root.mySender.send("myConnections", "myAction", 1);
}

Note: The only difference between the two bits of code is the number at the end of the second line. In one case it is a number: 1 and in the other it is a number: 2

The code above sends the number to a function in the other Movie. The number you send, will determine what the function will do. In this case either Play or Stop. It is possible to have additional buttons with additional numbers. Each individual command or set of 'Actions' would need its own unique number.


8. Add the following code to the frame 1 in the Timeline:

   mySender = new LocalConnection();
   
   Note: This sets up the variable: mySender
   

9. Save your file as: movie_1.fla
10. Now Export you Movie as a Flash Movie (swf file): File > Export > Export Movie
    This will create a file called: movie_1.sw