you might be experiencing a related issue regarding accessing properties of
an AS2 swf inside an AS3 swf. I know that you have limited interaction with
an as2 movie loaded into as3. Try loading an AS3 swf into there and see if
you have the same issue
greg
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Kurt Dommermuth <k...@kurtdommermuth.com>wrote:
> Hi Cor,
>
> Thank you for reading this Cor. It is a package and it looks like below.
> It is one of my first attempts so if you see any other room for improvement
> it would be welcome.
>
> ____________________________________
>
> The call to the loader looks like this:
>
> var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
> var m = main.addChild(mc);
> mc.name = "btn_nav"
> var callback:Object = new Object();
> callback.fn = initGameNav;
> callback.mc = m;
> var l:Assetloader = new Assetloader(mc, "game_buttons_as3.swf", callback);
>
> ____________________________________
>
> package com.dom.Loaders
> {
> import flash.display.Stage;
> import flash.display.MovieClip;
> import flash.display.Loader;
> import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
> import flash.events.*;
> import flash.net.URLRequest;
> import flash.net.URLLoader;
> import flash.text.TextField;
> import com.dom.Utilities.FeedbackMessage;
> import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
>
> public class Assetloader extends MovieClip
> {
> private var _path:MovieClip;
> private var _url:String;
> private var _callback:Object;
> private var _p:preloaderMC;
> private var _loader:Loader;
> private var _error:FeedbackMessage;
>
> public function Assetloader(path:MovieClip, url:String,
> callback:Object=null):void
> {
> _path = path;
> _url = url;
> _callback = callback;
> initLoader();
> }
>
> private function initLoader():void
> {
> var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(_url);
> _loader = new Loader();
>
> _loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
> handleError);
>
> _loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
> loadProgress);
>
> _loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
> _loader.load(request); //initiate loading of
> main.swf
> trace("_callback.mc = " + _callback.mc)
> _path.addChild(_loader);
> trace("_callback.mc2 = " + _callback.mc)
> }
>
> // Update the percentage display
> private function loadProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void
> {
> var percentLoaded:Number = event.bytesLoaded /
> event.bytesTotal;
> percentLoaded = Math.round(percentLoaded * 100);
>
> }
>
> //remove the loader and free up resources
> private function cleanUp():void
> {
> _loader.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,
> handleError);
> _loader.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
> loadProgress);
> _loader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
> loadComplete);
> if(_p!=null)
> {
> _p.parent.removeChild(_p);
> }
> _p = null;
> }
>
>
> // Load complete, hide the animating graphic and text
> private function loadComplete(event:Event):void
> {
> _callback.load_info = new Object()
> _callback.load_info = event.target;
> _callback.mc = event.target.content;
> _callback.fn(_callback);
> cleanUp();
> }
>
> private function handleError(e:IOErrorEvent):void
> {
> trace("Error loading File");
> var msg:String = "The file '" + _url + "' could not
> be loaded."
> _error = new FeedbackMessage(msg,_callback.path);
> cleanUp()
> }
> }
> }
>
> _________________________________
>
> The Return or on complete function essentially looks like this:
>
>
> function initGameNav(o:Object):void
> {
> var game_button_ar:Array = o.mc.games;
> var game_ar_len:Number = game_button_ar.length;
>
> for(var i:Number=1;i<=game_ar_len;i++)
> {
> var newY:Number;
> var asset_name:String = game_button_ar[(i-1)][0];
> var asset_game_to_load:String = game_button_ar[(i-1)][1];
> var asset_class =
> o.load_info.applicationDomain.getDefinition(asset_name) as Class;
> var asset_mc:MovieClip = new asset_class() as MovieClip;
> o.mc.addChild(asset_mc);
> //trace("game to load = " + asset_game_to_load)
> asset_mc.asset_game_to_load = asset_game_to_load;
> asset_mc.scaleX = .50
> asset_mc.scaleY = .50
> if(i<=10)
> {
> newY = 0
> asset_mc.x = ((i-1) * asset_mc.bg.width/2) +
> asset_mc.bg.width/2
> }
> else
> {
> newY = 80;
> asset_mc.x = ((i-11) * asset_mc.bg.width/2) +
> asset_mc.bg.width/2
> }
> asset_mc.y = newY; .....................etc...
>
> _____________________________________
>
>
> Kurt
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Cor
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:34 AM
> To: 'Flash Coders List'
> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] understand getChildByName
>
> Hi Kurt,
>
> How do you load youe swf into your myMC?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com
> [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kurt
> Dommermuth
> Sent: woensdag 17 juni 2009 13:57
> To: 'Flash Coders List'
> Subject: [Flashcoders] understand getChildByName
>
> Hi All,
>
> New to AS3.
>
> I'm sure I must be missing something obvious, but I'm at a loss.
>
> Example:
>
> I have created a movie clip - called "myMC". I added it to an existing
> movie
> clip called "main" (main.addChild(myMC)).
>
> At this point myMC traces as [object MovieClip].
>
> I load an as2 swf into myMC.
>
> At this point myMC traces as [object MainTimeline].
>
> I change myMC's y value to 100 and it traces as 100.
>
> Later I want to move it again. To reference it I create a variable like
> this:
>
> var mc:DisplayObject = main.getChildByName("myMC");
>
> Now when I trace mc's y value it is 0.
>
> I don't know why.
>
> Does the trace [object MainTimeline] indicate that I've used addChild
> incorrectly? Should I have added myMC to "main" after it had loaded? Why
> did it go from a MovieClip object to a MainTimeline object?
>
> Does the fact that I'm loading in an as2 swf have anything to do with it?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Kurt
>
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