Ahhhh, wonderful! Okay, with all that said, if I create a custom class, extending lets say a MovieClip, in any other situation I would have to declare all of my MovieClips contained within the main Movie, as Public Variables if I hoped to control them programmatically correct? You know, just like creating custom classes within Flex, and in order to access the Controls residing in the MXML file, you have to create Public Variables with the same names, and cast them as their proper types (i.e.. Button, Slider, TitleWindow, etc.) If I am wrong on this, could you correct me? :-) And if so, it would be because of all these declared Variables, that would cause them to be exposed & allow me to access them from within Flex correct? Since we are using AS3 across the board, will Flex then have "native access" to all the Objects contained within the SWF File? What I'd love to do, is use Flex Effects and Transitions to control how the MovieClips that reside on the SWF, behave and interact in the main application. In the meantime, I will read up as much as I can on this topic - thanks again for pointing me in the right direction. Mike
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of slangeberg Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:58 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in embedded SWF's? Cool new feature of Flash Professional 9 ActionScript 3 Preview: Document Class. Install Flash 9 Preview, create a new document, and in the Properties Panel, you'll see a new field, "Document Class". You can enter the name of an AS3 class here, as long as it's in your class path, and it will serve as the main class of your swf. The class you uses must extend MovieClip or Sprite (or something else that extends one of those). src: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=820 also: http://www.google.com/search?q=flash+9+document+class&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&; rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a Very easy to set up. From Flash 9: New document -> File ->Publish Settings -> Flash (tab) -> AS version - Settings (button) -> Document Class: Enter full class definition (w package) pointing to your class that extends Sprite or MovieClip (i believe). This class becomes your main interface to movie. -Scott On 2/15/07, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey guys, Could you elaborate more on the Document Class, or maybe post some code snippets demonstrating how this all works? I am really not familiar with that whole topic, but it sounds like this is what I am looking for. Thanks in advance for your help, Mike ________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@ yahoogroups.com <http://yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of slangeberg Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:53 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Can't we access MovieClips contained in embedded SWF's? If you are using Flash 9, you can use a document class (I believe) at the root level and have Flex reference it by that. Your document class would set up an API, so you don't have to peer into the movie itself. Basically a proxy. Sorry I don't have the implementation in front of me, but I believe it's possible. So, if previous code was correct, could do something like: var platProxy:YourProxy = platObject.getChildByName('instancename') as YourProxy platProxy.hideAll(); platProxy.showByID( {id:'plat_xxx'} ); Just an idea! -Scott On 2/14/07, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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: flexcoders@ <mailto:flexcoders@> yahoogroups.com] 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.loaderIn fo.[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.platMovi eClip._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 -- : : ) Scott -- : : ) Scott
