If I am understanding correctly you will want to use SWFLoader. It allows you to load pretty much any swf. Normally the swf's must be compiled with the same version of AS, because if the two swfs run in different virtual machines, they will only be able to communicate via LocalConnection.
You typically use SWFLoader when the swf you want to load is a complete application. those are big, because they include so much of the framework. If your swf is not a full application, you can use modules. The primary value of both is that the loaded thing does not need to be compiled into the loading app. I have loaded applications into applications very often, with several apps in production for years and it works extremely well. All those apps were intranet apps on fast, wired networks, so swf size was not a critical constraint. Communication with the loaded swf is simple via a reference to the .content property. However, there are some timing issues to handle, because the complete event of the swf loader does not mean that the application being loaded is also complete. Here is a sample application that demonstrates this communicatin setup: http://www.cflex.net/showFileDetails.cfm?ObjectID=690 Tracy Spratt, Lariat Services, development services available _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of newflexer Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Loading swf in "child" window? Thanks...anyone ever tried it? --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "valdhor" <valdhorli...@...> wrote: > > I believe that it's possible to do what you want but I have never tried it. > > What I would do is implement modules and an interface so that the main app and modules can exchange data. > > --- In flexcod...@yahoogro <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, "newflexer" <dhay@> wrote: > > > > We need to be able to open a window from our main application, in which we want to load a swf file to perform some configuration for the content in the main application. We also need to be able to pass the information from the child window to the main app. > > > > Is this possible? Any pointers? What container would we use for the child window? How do we load it? How do you pass the data from child to main app? > > > > thanks! > > > > David > > >
