I am loading the same bitmap asset using two methods, they should
work the same but they don't.
Method 1: Statically link to swc file that contains embedded images.
Method 2: Dynamically load swf content that contains embedded images.
The actual embedding code for both methods is as follows:
[Embed(source="res/test.png")]
[Bindable]
public var test:Class;
Here is the problematic code snippet:
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// event handler for when external swf finishes to load
public function OnExternalSwfLoadComplete(event:Event):void
{
// InternalResource was the name of the class compiled in the swc
var internalResource:Object = new InternalResource();
var externalResource:Object = event.target.content;
// get the classes and instantiate
var internalClass:Class = internalResource["test"];
var externalClass:Class = externalResource["test"];
var internalAsset:* = new internalClass();
var externalAsset:* = new externalClass();
// Here I test 2 things, what are the super class names, and
// whether the instances are of type IFlexDisplayObject
var internalIsDisp:Boolean = internalAsset is IFlexDisplayObject;
var externalIsDisp:Boolean = externalAsset is IFlexDisplayObject;
var internalSuperClass:String = getQualifiedSuperclassName
(internalAsset);
var externalSuperClass:String = getQualifiedSuperclassName
(externalAsset );
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The results are that both assets have type mx.core::BitmapAsset.
However internalIsDisp is true while externalIsDisp is false!!
Questions:
1) Shouldn't this be impossible according to as3 language?
2) What can I do to change the externally loaded resource to behave
like the statically linked one. Currently if I use the externally
loaded resource I crash in the flex framework in places such as
setStyle for example where it is expecting a IFlexDisplayObject.
3) Am I going about the wrong way externally loading resources? To
generate the external swf I am using mxmlc compiler on an .as file
that contains a bunch of embedded images.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
