There is one other problem with that example. The SWFLoader has a creationComplete="initNestedAppProps();"
If you use that then loadedSM will be null. It should be complete="initNestedAppProps();" --- In [email protected], Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > Interesting. That doc is in error. Should be: > > public function updateNestedVarOne():void { > loadedSM.application["setVarOne"]("Updated > varOne!"); > } > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of nylarch > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Call method on nested SWF > > > Hi - > > I've been using Flex to write some data visualizations and am in the > process of writing an admin tool to customize the look n' feel of each > visualization. My admin app uses SWFLoader to load the individual > visualizations - a really nice thing to be able to do (load a full app > inside another app). I need to call the accessors to the look n' > feel properties inside the nested SWF's from the main app so that I > can do real time changes that will upon completion be written to the > actual config files that the visualization tools use. > > So - all of the Adobe docs and blog posts on this topic seem to point > to the same tutorial on calling methods and properties on nested swf's: > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=controls_15.html > > I can't seem to get this to run and I can't figure out what is > happening here: > > // Write to the varOne variable in the loaded application > // using the setVarOne() method of the loaded application. > public function updateNestedVarOne():void { > FlexApp(loadedSM.application).setVarOne("Updated > varOne!"); > } > > I don't understand the "FlexApp()" casting or whatever that is - > FlexApp is the name of the loaded app - is this what this refers to? > My sample apps always bombs out on that line as an undefined method.... > > Thanks! >
