All you need to do is make A.swf a shared library by having one & only one movieclip in its library exported for sharing. In B.swf you import for runtime sharing the same movieclip and make sure it is on the stage somewhere. This forces all movieclips in A.swf to be available to attachMovie in B.swf.
The big thing you have to do is make sure that A.swf is fully loaded before trying to access anything in it. Use MovieClipLoader to make sure. Here is an example of doing it with a font. http://www.codesortium.com/demo/sharedlibrary/example.zip Hope this helps. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Smeets Sent: 10 April 2006 21:08 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] External swf / attachMovie Hi all, I know this question is coming along every now and then, but the solution still couldn't be found by myself. Quick introduction: I want to be able to have A.swf, with a lot of simple mc's to be loaded into B.swf. In A.swf I would set all kinds of linkageIDs to my shapes, which I would like to use in B.swf with attachMovie. This simple task seems to be a major issue :) Only thing I could find about it was a bunch of "can't be done" google hits and a might-be workaround in the archives at http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/htdig/flashcoders/2003-December/098 173.html. I was wondering if someobody in the meantime has found a better solution for this problem? Like just being able to load an external swf, and call attachMovie in your main swf to linked library items in that loaded swf. Without restrictions... Anybody? :) Cheers, Ben _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
