I would think that I could load a swf using either URLLoader or URLStream. As it turns out only my URLStream is returning the correct data. Can anyone provide a fix to the following code that makes URLLoader work correctly ?
import flash.net.URLLoader; import flash.net.URLLoaderDataFormat; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.net.URLStream; private var loader:URLLoader; private var stream:URLStream; private function init():void { loader = new URLLoader(); loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY; loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderComplete); loader.load( new URLRequest( "Slide1.swf" ) ); stream = new URLStream(); stream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, streamComplete); stream.load( new URLRequest( "Slide1.swf" ) ); } private function streamComplete(event:Event):void { var rawBytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); stream.readBytes( rawBytes, rawBytes.length ); trace( "Length: " + rawBytes.length ); dumpData( rawBytes ); } private function loaderComplete(event:Event):void { var rawBytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); rawBytes.writeObject( loader.data ); trace( "Length: " + rawBytes.length ); dumpData( rawBytes ); } private function dumpData( ba:ByteArray ) { ba.position = 0; var index:int = 0; var tracer:int; while( ba.position < 5) { tracer = ba.readByte(); trace( index + ": " + tracer.toString(16)); index = index + 1; } }