Thanks for catching this one Alex. No it doesn't matter which one I load first, because I only ever load one at a time at this stage of development. I just change the SWF source string in an external catalog.xml file to switch between the two SWFs.
--- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does it matter which one you load first? Is it the second that always > fails? > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rich Germuska > Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] TypeError: Error #1006: getShape is not a > function. (Sometimes...) > > > > Hi, > > I'm getting a #1006 runtime error, that's puzzling me. > > I load a CS3 SWF into Flex using a custom SWFLoader called SWFWrapper. > > In SWFWrapper I cast the SWF timeline as a MovieClip and access an > AS3 instance method in the SWF called called getShape > (shapeNumber:String) as follows: > > "SWFWrapper.as" > > public function get rugSWF():MovieClip > { > return this.content as MovieClip; > } > > // Retrieve reference to correct UIMovieClip by calling swf's > // function getShape() > > var s:UIMovieClip = rugSWF.getShape(shapeNumber); > > // Do funky things to UIMovieClip > > "rug.swf" > > function getShape(shapeNumber:String):MovieClip { > var shapeNum:String = shapeNumber; > return this["shape_"+shapeNum]; > } > > And everything is working nicely... > > I then load a different SWF to Flex - that contains the same methods > and instance variables (the AS3 is code generated using JSFL) > and I get the #1006 error. > > I've compared the two swf's and can't see any unintended differences. > Are there any mystical settings I should know about? Flash IDE and > timelines etc are not my strong point. > > Here's the Flex error stack: > > TypeError: Error #1006: getShape is not a function. > at com.treelinerugs::SWFWrapper/setShapeColor() > [C:\DATA\Business\RIA > Data\flex3WorkspaceRug\treelinerugs\com\treelinerugs\SWFWrapper.as:106 > ] > at com.treelinerugs::SWFWrapper/setAllShapeColors() > [C:\DATA\Business\RIA > Data\flex3WorkspaceRug\treelinerugs\com\treelinerugs\SWFWrapper.as:79] > at com.treelinerugs::SWFWrapper/initSWFWrapper() > [C:\DATA\Business\RIA > Data\flex3WorkspaceRug\treelinerugs\com\treelinerugs\SWFWrapper.as:40] > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction() > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() > at mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta3 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:9041] > at > mx.controls::SWFLoader/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::con > <http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::con> > tentLoaderInfo_completeEventHandler()[E:\dev\flex_3_beta3 > \sdk\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\SWFLoader.as:1648] > > Many thanks, Rich >
