Hi All,
I realize there are a few posts skirting around this issue but I am
still having some issues wrapping my mind around it.
What I am trying to do:
Extend an embedded SWF with more actionscript so as to make buttons
work in a moviematerial.
I have successfully embedded a movie material that retains its
actionscript, and made this work ( without extending it), but only if
the swf is self contained.
Some people say that code gets stripped when you embed rather than
load a SWF in Flex, which is true in some instances, but not all. I
find it works fine IF you embed a SWF file as a whole, not just a
symbol within it.
Such as:
[Embed(source="/menu.swf")]
public static const MenuClass:Class;
public static const menu_SWFAsset:MovieClipAsset = new MenuClass();
public static const menu_Tex:MovieMaterial = new MovieMaterial
(menu_SWFAsset);
However... I have more actionscript for the buttons that must be
activated outside of the flash publishing of this swf to avoid
conflicts that happen when a swf imports stuff that also tells it to
embed itself through extension, among other things.
So...
1. I have menu.swf, it has a button in it on the stage called home.
2. I publish the menu.swf with no document class speciified.
3. It gets embedded as above.
How do i access the instance of home? I realize this maybe a scope
issue or just my lack of understanding of classes and targetting and
extending... any help would be appreciated dearly!
In flex I tried to create a package and class like this:
public class Menu extends flash.display.MovieClip
{
public var home:Button;
public function Menu()
{
home.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onHomeClick);
private function onHomeClick(event:MouseEvent) : void
{
trace("home clicked");
return;
}// end function
}
Unfortunately, nothing happens when I click on the button... Any
ideas?
