When you embed a SWF, it gets wrapped in a MovieClipLoaderAsset and is not the MovieClip itself.
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Merrill, Jason Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:23 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] .swf displays fine, but MovieClip methods fail I'm displaying some sprites inside a Flex 3 container with Actionscript. So far on this project, the sprites I have been showing have been visually drawn on the screen either by embedding an image or by drawing with sprite.graphics methods. Now, I'm trying to embed a .swf, and it works (it displays and plays), but MovieClip method actions attempting to control the embedded .swf fail. My first thought was I published as AM1 on accident, but the .swf is AVM2 - Flash CS3 published as Player 9 and Actionscript 3. The .swf contains an animation on it's root, no child clips. See the comments in the code below (this is a simplified version of the class, I stripped out everything I thought was irrelevant to my question). Does it have to do with a MovieClip being a child to a Sprite? If so, why? If not, what's the issue with the code below? package com.venice.view.network.atom { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.Sprite; public class AtomView extends Sprite { private var _menu:MovieClip; [Embed(source = "/media/buttons/atomMenu.swf")] [Bindable] private var _menuSource:Class; public function AtomView() { createSprites(); } private function createSprites():void { //this works fine, the menu.swf appears: _menu = new _menuSource() as MovieClip; addChild(_menu); //however, the following MovieClip actions don't work. //For example, (when uncommented), the following actions //have no effect on the root timeline: // //_menu.stop(); // //or if I put a stop action on the .swf timeline, these don't work either: //_menu.nextFrame(); //or //_menu.play(); // //why? It's a Flash 9/Actionscript 3.0 .swf created with Flash CS3. } } } Thanks for any help. Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology & Global Risk L&LD Instructional Technology & Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.as px> Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GT&O Innovative Learning Blog <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/default. aspx> & subscribe <blocked::http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/_layouts /SubNew.aspx?List=\%7b41BD3FC9-BB07-4763-B3AB-A6C7C99C5B8D\%7d&Source=ht tp://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/ddc/rd/blog/Lists/Posts/Archive. aspx> .
