this.rawchildren.addChild(loader) Containers can only add Flex components to the displaylist. Loader is a low level actionscript object.
Using rawchildren, u can add the loader but you have to be responsible for the sizing etc. On 10/19/07, anewgene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I am trying to add external swf into my app. Based on the doc at: > > http://livedocs.adobe.com/labs/flex3/html/help.html? > content=Working_with_MovieClips_8.html > > I created this minimal test code (as below). But I can not make it > work (Type Coercion error). The code and the error are pasted here. I > have tested on both flex3beta2 and flex2hotfix3. > > Can someone help me out? Thanks. > > Lei > > Code: > ================================================= > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" creationComplete="init()" > > > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > import flash.display.*; > import flash.net.URLRequest; > > private function init():void > { > var request:URLRequest = new > URLRequest("http://flex.org/blogs/FlexOrgRSSApplication.swf";); > var ldr:Loader = new Loader() > ldr.load(request); > addChild(ldr); > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > > </mx:Application> > > ========================================= > Error: > > [SWF] X:\cvs\test2\bin\loadertest.swf - 516,787 bytes after > decompression > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert > flash.display::[EMAIL PROTECTED] to mx.core.IUIComponent. > at > mx.core::Container/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::addingC > hild()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\Container.as:3288] > at mx.core::Container/addChildAt()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\Container.as:2248] > at mx.core::Container/addChild()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\Container.as:2188] > at loadertest/init()[X:\cvs\test2\src\loadertest.mxml:14] > at loadertest/___loadertest_Application1_creationComplete() > [X:\cvs\test2\src\loadertest.mxml:2] > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction() > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() > at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8915] > at mx.core::UIComponent/set initialized()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:1118] > at mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation() > [E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:69 > 6] > at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply() > at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2() > [E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8338] > at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher() > [E:\dev\flex_3_beta2 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8281] > > > -- Arpit Mathur Lead Software Engineer, Comcast Interactive Media --------------------------------------- post your flex tips on http://flextips.corank.com
