Comments on ilike2Flash: Load external SWF in AS3

@Above, Take a look at this tutorial.

How do i access the functions that are inside the ...

2011-11-30T10:01:27.780-08:00

How do i access the functions that are inside the loaded SWF's document class?

In particular, id like to change a variable value and then call a function.

public var moveDirection:Number = 0;

function moveSprite();

@Macie J, You need to add the contents of the loa...

2011-11-24T03:00:12.290-08:00

@Macie J,

You need to add the contents of the loader into a container sprite, then remove the container sprite. Here is an example:

var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
addChild(container);

var my_Loader:Loader = new Loader();
my_Loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);
my_Loader.load(new URLRequest('example.swf'));

function loaded(e:Event):void{
container.addChild(e.target.content);
}

Use, removeChild(container); to remove the swf.

I tried many times the removeChild() method it doe...

2011-11-23T09:54:01.946-08:00

I tried many times the removeChild() method it doesn't work

But i got it done using:
function removeF()

Thanks for your replay anyway

@Macie J, You can use the removeChild() method.

2011-11-23T02:00:56.303-08:00

@Macie J,

You can use the removeChild() method.

Hi, I've been searching for ages how to creat...

2011-11-22T14:40:41.630-08:00

Hi,
I've been searching for ages how to create close button for external swf file and I thought that you can help me with this

I know how to load external swf from url (thanks to your previouse posts) but I don't know how to close (unload) this external file.

Thanks

It should work. Make sure you don't have a typ...

2011-11-11T02:06:26.044-08:00

It should work. Make sure you don't have a typo.

Great instructions, thank you:-) However I am try...

2011-11-09T13:29:23.984-08:00

Great instructions, thank you:-)

However I am trying to set the position of the loading .swf by setting the .x and .y values, placing the following lines

my_Loader.x=200;
my_Loader.y=300;

immediately after the declaration of the variable var my_Loader. This has absolutely no effect - the .swf loads into the top left corner and refuses to budge.

What am I missing here?

Thanks for any help.

@Piloen, Take a look at this post for setting a time delay in Actionscript 3.

Hi, i am newbees in actionscript. I have a questio...

2011-10-09T22:32:10.920-07:00

Hi, i am newbees in actionscript.
I have a question almost like 桐维.柳叶
BUT without any button trigger.. let say after 10sec the external swf file will be replaced with another external swf file.
Like slide show with external swf's as a content
Thank you

@桐维.柳叶 Take a look at this post.

i have a question. let say i have file1.swf , file...

2011-08-17T07:31:17.172-07:00

i have a question. let say i have file1.swf , file2.swf, and file3.swf, how can i link this 3 files together,

let say suppose file1.swf is the main content file, but as i load file2.swf, i want the file1.swf get replaced by file2.swf. How could i unload file1.swf at that time, so that my file2.swf will become the main content file?

and again, when my current position at file2.swf, and i want it get replaced by file3.swf by clink on a button. so that the i can unload the file2.swf and let the file3.swf become the main content file..
any one have idea on it??
thank you..

@immo Do you want to remove a child from the load...

2011-04-27T10:27:20.024-07:00

@immo

Do you want to remove a child from the loaded swf?

@M_art Take a look at this tutorial

@Above You can either remove the swf using the r...

2011-03-12T01:25:25.760-08:00

@Above

You can either remove the swf using the removeChild() method or you can set the swf to invisible using the visible property.

Hey how do i stop the loaded flash file to appear ...

2011-03-09T21:35:26.321-08:00

Hey how do i stop the loaded flash file to appear in all of my pages. Thanks in advance!

hello, how can i removeChild from loaded .swf (chi...

2011-01-02T04:34:12.383-08:00

hello, how can i removeChild from loaded .swf (child)???
[...not from main .swf that loads the child where removeChild() or unload() is possible...]
i mean something like when buttonCLICKed at child's window... thx

@rglittle You can use the addChildAt() method to...

2010-07-03T14:22:58.499-07:00

@rglittle

You can use the addChildAt() method to add the external swf to a particular depth.

I am having the same problem as Phillip. When I l...

2010-07-03T07:48:11.959-07:00

I am having the same problem as Phillip. When I load a "page" which is an external .swf (AS3, same size as the stage) it loads in front of everything else. Because of this, I can't access any of the buttons once the swf is loaded. Is there a way to set the order of the loaded swf to be behind the navigation?

@Web Can you show how you managed to assign a butt...

2010-04-19T05:40:57.338-07:00

@Web
Can you show how you managed to assign a button to load an external swf?

I`m having great trouble trying to figure this one out.
I miss as2. AS3 in giving me plenty of trouble.

Sorry, I should have explained myself a bit better...

2010-03-31T21:32:27.341-07:00

Sorry, I should have explained myself a bit better

I've played around with the code and got it so that the external swf loads after the user clicks a button in flash.

I'd like to be able to get the user to load the external swf by clicking on a link on the HTML file.

I assumed it would be using flashvars and javascript, but am not sure if that's the way to go...

The AS code for the button is below:

function btnClick(event:MouseEvent):void{
SoundMixer.stopAll();
removeChild(loader);

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSWFLoaded);
loader.load(movieSWF)
loader.x=Xpos
loader.y=Ypos
addChild(loader)
swfBTN.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,btnClick);

@Web What do you mean call this function from a ...

2010-03-30T13:46:25.455-07:00

@Web

What do you mean call this function from a html link? Is this even possible?

Hello all, I am working on an array of swfs that ...

2010-03-25T03:19:20.122-07:00

Hello all,

I am working on an array of swfs that load onto my stage.

I have set the code (AS3) up so that (in theory) two buttons would control the swfs that appear on the stage.

I have managed to make the forward button move through the array and display swfs in order, however the back button I cannot make work.

What I want is to be able to load an array and use to buttons "next" and "back" to do as they suggest.

Does anyone know the solution to my problem? Or a better way to achieve my goal?

Many thanks for reading!

Code below

var clips:Array = ["box.swf", "content1.swf", "white.swf"];
var index:int = 0;
var arraychecker: Number = 0;

var myLoader:Loader=new Loader ();

var myURL:URLRequest=new URLRequest(clips[index]);
myLoader.load(myURL);

myLoader.x=300;
myLoader.y=150;
addChild(myLoader);

advance_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, forward);

function forward(event:MouseEvent):void {

trace(clips[arraychecker]);
myLoader.load( new URLRequest(clips[arraychecker]) );
arraychecker = (arraychecker+1)%(clips.length);

back_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, back);

function back(event:MouseEvent):void {

trace(clips[arraychecker]);
myLoader.load( new URLRequest(clips[arraychecker]) );
arraychecker = (clips.currentFrame)-(arraychecker);

}

Hi I am absolutely clueless with as3 and web, so ...

2010-03-23T17:53:40.542-07:00

Hi

I am absolutely clueless with as3 and web, so this is probably a basic question.

I have tried the code above and it works great. How would I call this function to load external swf files from an html link?

Thanks in advance

@Kenney Firstly, you need to establish if the but...

2010-03-21T13:47:36.234-07:00

@Kenney

Firstly, you need to establish if the buttons from the loaded SWF work.