Oh man, you are kidding me! See, this particular SWF is a Plat Overview of a subdivision - and there are 140 Lots, each individually defined as a unique MovieClip. So, if I need access to each MovieClip programmatically, I will have to define 140 variables? Now that would be a bummer :-( Could you clarify on that? Thank you for the information nevertheless - I was actually going to try the getChild method next, so that saves me some time. Mike
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Wicks Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:18 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in embedded SWF's? You need to get the object as a display object var xxx:MovieClip = platObject.getChildByName('instancename') as MovieClip Matt On 14 Feb 2007, at 16:13, Mike Anderson wrote: Hello all, I have a Flash Player 9, AS3 version of a SWF that I am bringing into Flex, using the SWFLoader Component. Once I bring the SWF in, I am creating a MovieClip variable and assigning to it, the SWFLoader.content. Here is a quick code example: var platObject:MovieClip = mySWFLoader.content; So once that assignment is made, you can execute certain built-in methods available to any Flash Movie - for example: platObject.play(); platObject.loaderInfo.[etc] And so on... That is all well and good - but what about MovieClips that reside in the Root Timeline? In this particular SWF File, I have a MovieClip called "platMovieClip" - and I am trying to access it's properties and methods from within Flex. For example, I'd like to toggle the visibility, so I tried this code: platObject.platMovieClip._visible = false; When I try this command, I get an error that says "the property platMovieClip is unknown" or something to that effect... If we can't access the assets that reside in SWF Files, then what is the whole point of all this? Or maybe there is something that I am overlooking - but as far as I can tell, the platObject should represent the SWF... Could any of you shed some light on this topic for me? This functionality is VERY important to the success of my website launch. Thanks in advance, Mike
