For Posterity, the solution is to call the 'getDefinition()' function
on the loader's ApplicationDomain...
swfLoader.loaderContext.applicationDomain.getDefinition('className');
No need to implement your own function, it's already there :-D
--- In [email protected], Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote:
>
> This is an ApplicationDomain issue. Read the docs, check out the
presentations on my blog. One way to solve would be to expose your
own getDefinition call on the content so you make the call in its context
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of dustyjewett
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:03 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [flexcoders] Instantiating a class from a dynamically
loaded swf
>
>
> I'd like to be able to load a swf that has many movieclip assets in
it, then instantiate those assets (icons) throughout the application.
>
> What I'm doing now is:
>
> private function handleSwfLoaded(e:Event):void{
> for each(var mc:MovieClip in e.currentTarget.content){
> var ui:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
> ui.addChild(mc);
> ui.height = mc.height;
> mc.y = 0;
> mc.x = 0;
> this.addChild(ui);
> }
> &nb! sp; }
>
> This code will get all of the child items of a loaded swf (those
items on the canvas that were named) and add them to the current app.
>
> What I want to do is to instantiate new objects, so something more
similar to:
>
> private function handleSwfLoaded(e:Event):void{
> for each(var mc:MovieClip in e.currentTarget.content){
> var clipClass:Class =
getDefinitionByName(getQualifiedName(mc));
> var newClip:MovieClip = new clipClass();
> var ui:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
> ui.addChild(newClip);
> ui.height = newClip.height;
> newClip.y = 0;
> newClip.x = 0;
> this.addChild(ui);
> }
> &nbs! p; ;}
>
> Unfortunately, this throws the error:
> ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable icon_regactions_print is not
defined.
> at global/flash.utils::getDefinitionByName()
>
> Which is particularly interesting, as I'm feeding it
'getQualifiedClassName()'.
>
> One suggestion floating around is that I should just serialize the
object with ByteArray then deserialize it into another object. I'm
hoping that there is something I'm just missing.
>
> (And yes, for the record, I am exporting all classes on first frame
and exporting for runtime sharing)
>
