That's a real shame. I had hoped it was possible, but had actually worked around it in my own situation because I hadn't found anything (though I thought I was just being lazy).
I guess there's not iterator-version of getDefinitionByName, huh? Any thoughts I why you can't iterate through a loaded SWF? Would make dynamic library stuff alot simpler. I ran into the need to be able and generate asset libraries (SWFs, PNGs, MP3s, various classes) on the command-line as part of a toolchain. I accomplish this by using PHP to scan directories and automatically generates AS3 classes (in source code form) that embed all of these things. I write about it on my blog (http://troygilbert.com/), but in brief: I use embeds to get all of the assets into the root class. I then create dummy references to all of the additional classes I want included. I then have my root class, which has to extend Sprite, implement an IAssetLibrary interface that I created. This interface fills the missing introspection API: it provides methods for getting a list of all of the assets in the class (which the PHP code just hardcodes into arrays) and provides some friendly accessors (getAsset("myasset.png"), etc.). Works like a charm. It does feel slightly redundant though because I know that internally, at least, the Flash Player does all of this routinely. Troy. On 9/14/07, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no Actionscript API for introspecting the contents of a loaded > SWF. The swf bytes are "interpreted" on load and stuck in other structures > like ApplicationDomain which are not inspectable. > > > > A desperate person would load the swf as a bytearray, decompile it, then > loadbytes it. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *helihobby > *Sent:* Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:34 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Is it possible to query a Flash SWF for its > images / symbol list ? > > > > Thanks for that ... > > That I can do ... > > But I was hoping someone can shed light on how to get a list of all > available Symbols from a loaded SWF. > > I know it is possible since that's what all these SWF Decompilers do. > But how do you do it in actionscript ? > > Will see, maybe someone knows. > > Regards, > > Sean. > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, shaun > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just saw this on the MXNA flex feed, not sure if it helps in your > > situation or not. > > > > http://wildwinter.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-load-external-assets- > from-as3.html > > > > helihobby wrote: > > > Anyone ??? > > > > > > :( > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, > "helihobby" <helihobby@> wrote: > > > > > >>Hello all, > > >> > > >>I have a SWF that has some Symbols / images !!! ( Created using > Flash > > >>Editor CS3 ) > > >> > > >>How can I retrieve the Symbols list it holds using ActionScript > from > > >>the loaded Flash swf ? ( I Used SWFLoader to load it ... ) > > >> > > >>Regards, > > >> > > >>Sean. > > >> > > >>Click below to view my ALON Design Pattern: > > >> > > >>http://www.helihobby.com/html/alon_desingpattern.html > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
