Application.application should work also.
Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alain Thibodeau Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:31 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] calling a function from swf Thanks Adrian! that will do the trick. In the meantime, I also found another way, not as elegant as yours //inside the fla var myParent = loaderInfo.loader.parent.parent; myParent.doSomething('do it'); thanks again _____ From: Adrian Williams <adri...@familytreedna.com> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:45:30 PM Subject: Re: [flexcoders] calling a function from swf This is pretty straightforward. We do a lot of this in our dashboard app where we have a function called registerSWF( ). This helps us keep tabs on all the swf objects that are loaded on the dash. private var registeredSWF: ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( ); public function registerSWF( swf:Object) :void { registeredSWF. addItem(swf) ; } Each child swf calls this functions when they load: application. registerSWF( this); Then, when we need to access a function from within the child swf, we pull it from the AC (so we can reference it) and directly call the function: for each (var swf:Object in registeredSWF) { swf.someFunction( vars); } Keep in mind that the function in your child swf must be in the public scope or the parent app cannot see it. HTH, Adrian thibodeau.alain wrote: Hi all, I am thinking this is simple, but I cannot find the proper way of doing this. I have a flex application that loads a swf file. I want to be able to call a function that is in the flex application from the swf file. >From my fla I tried calling _root, Application. application, _parent... Anyone know how I can do this ? thanks! _____ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the <http://ca.promos.yahoo.com/newmail/overview2/> All-new Yahoo! Mail
