Actually, looking at it like that, it makes total sense. I didn't realize by setting the Source property of another control, I was stealing away a Child from another Control. Thanks for clearing that up for me :) Mike
________________________________ From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Gold Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:14 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Could the Flex Gurus shed some light on this behavior? I believe since the content is a DisplayObject, it's just falling under normal Flex parenting rules, a child can only have a single parent, so using the same content actually re-parents the content object to the new SWFLoader. If your navigation window is just a small preview of the total app, like it sounds like, you could actually create a new Bitmap from the content of your main SWFLoader and use that as a new UIComponent in your navigation window. Not sure if you'd run into effeciency problems with how often you'd have to re-copy the data, but sounds like it could work in your situation. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Mike Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, For the longest time, I've been wondering why 2 Loader Controls, are unable to share the same content. Then again this may be by design, and my lack of knowledge relating to Flex could be why I don't understand this. For example, I have a SWFLoader Control which comprises the majority of my Application's desktop. It displays a loaded Map, in which users can drag icons onto the desktop, pan, zoom, as well as many other functions. I have a small navigator window that stays on top in a static position, in which the same content displayed in the SWFLoader, also gets displayed in the Navigator Control. The Navigator Control just gives the user an indication of the Map portion being displayed in the main window. In order to avoid having to load the SWF File TWICE, I thought I could set the "content" property of the Navigator Control, to the "SWFLoader.contentLoaderInfo.content" property - but when I do this, the loaded SWF disappears from the main screen, and appears in the small Navigator Window. Is this literally how things work in Flex? 2 "data aware" components can share the same ArrayCollection for their dataProvider Property, but 2 "graphical display" components, cannot share the same "content"? I would be grateful to hear the experts explanation on how this type of thing works within Flex. Thanks in advance for all your incredible help, Mike
