ActionScript 3.0 :: Externally Loaded SWF Files?
Aug 3, 2010
I have the action script that loads external SWFs on a button click, but I don't know how to make it so that the slides switch after a few seconds on their own as well as on a button click. I know it has to do with a timer - but I have no idea how to do that (i'm super new to AS) Can someone please either tell me what code I need there or direct me to atutorialHere's the code I'm using so far:
var Xpos:Number = 0;var Ypos:Number = 0;var swf:MovieClip;var loader:Loader = new Loader();
var defaultSWF:URLRequest = new URLRequest("swfs/one_btn.swf");
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I'm trying to put together a flash portfolio which contains a page with multiple swf files loaded externally, I've managed to follow a tut and works fine..except,
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So what's going wrong, is that the audio files are not playing in sync. They are all pre-loaded so any delay between files shouldn't be sought in the files not being fully loaded yet. For initiating playback in the application, I'm using a simple function with a for loop in it, which sets each instance of my sound class to start playing at position 0 of its timeline (I've added in highlighting for all of the "code" blocks in my post, to keep everything easy to read through):
Code:
function playSounds():void {
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I am creating a slide show that loads external SWFs on a button click as well as switching slides automatically.. This is pretty much the exact example of the functionality:
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var Xpos:Number = 0;
var Ypos:Number = 0;
var swf:MovieClip;
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Handle()
at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren()
at flash.display::Sprite()
at flash.display::MovieClip()
at Gallery()
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at Gallery()
I made a 1.swf file to call my other 2.swf file externally and my 2.swf is using a class. In my 1.swf code is just like this
ActionScript Code:
var pic1ldr:Loader = new Loader();
trace("1");
var thumb1Req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("gallery.swf");
trace("2");
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var currentpage:uint = 0;
//one loader object per project:
var loadingobject1:Loader = new Loader();
loadingobject1.x = 445;
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Sep 2, 2010
Im have 5 swf files that I want to play one after another on my home page.
I would like to have the first movie load and play and while that is going on have the others downloading in the background so they are ready to start when the first movie finishes.
After the 5th and last movie has played I would like it then to return to the first movie and just loop this process continually.
I have attached what I have at the moment which is a file called demand.fla that uses buttons to load in demand001, demand002, deamd003 etc.
Ideally i would like demand to load in each slide automatically and then have flashmove onto the next one after 5 seconds or so.
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i'm having some "big" issues with what seems like a pretty easy flash concept. But, im pretty green when it comes to coding in flash.
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on(release) {
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if a loader can be added to let the user know the video is being loaded rather than a blank 20-30 seconds...
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<campaign>
<component SWFsource="logo.swf"/>
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click on "Animalia - Verse from the Zoo" to load the VideoPlayer .swf which contains the .FLV
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var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
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My questions is:- What is the correct coding to get the VideoPlayer .swf to unload its .FLV completely, SO THAT when a user clicks "Close". Either with or without the .FLV playing, everything closes completely and when re-loaded, the video plays from scratch?
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I am trying to make a button in this swf that loads yet another swf that is stretches the full browser. However I do not know how to access the properties of a main swf from this external one, or if this is even possible.
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So I have an SWF that I've made and I need to appened some instructions to the beginning of the project. I figured the easiest way to do this was to make the animation in a separate SWF then import it to the start of the first one. My problem is that I can't find a reliable way to tell when the first SWF is finished playing. I've googled the heck out of this but I can't seem to find anything that works. For some bizarre reason, no matter what I do the program seems to think that the external SWF only has 2 frames, if I put an ENTER_FRAME listener and trace externalSWF.currentFrame I get "1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2..." My code looks something like this.
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Also, for the record, the external SWF plays properly when I add it as a child. The problem is removing it from the stage when it's done playing. It's interactive so I can't just do a frame count.Edit: So I tried doing a getQualifiedClassName() call on extSwf and I got "Instructions_fla::MainTimeline_Preloader_" which could explain the frame discrepency. How can I have access to the actual timeline?
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on frame one of the main timeline I am loading an external movie. When that movie gets finishes playing, I want to jump back to the main timeline, to frame 2.
What actionscript do I put at the end of the externally loaded movie?
stop();
this.parent gotoAndPlay(2); ?????
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Can anyone explain the model for actionscript in externally loaded SWF assets? For example, suppose the stage owner uses methods from Class1 and that it loads an SWF file with an asset that also uses methods from that class. This means the code for Class1 is included multiple times in the application?
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I have the code below working great except for not being able to scale the JPG file once it's loaded.
The code below loads my JPG files into a a group of MovieClips. Once clicked the Current_mc will jump to the top and enlarge. Once clicked again it scales back down. My plan is to load in a large JPG file (800x460) in the loader but have the size be small until someone clicks one to enlarge it. So...long story short I want to know if I can load the JPG file and set it's width and height in the loader
ActionScript Code:
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
pic1_mc.pic1_load.loadMovie("c1.jpg");
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one last thing. Is their a way with AS to set "Smoothing" to true? If my images come in smaller they will probably look like crap till they are scaled up to 100%.
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I'm loading an external SWF file to a container MovieClip (adding it as a child), but have the need to create a button over the loaded SWF.The external SWF should still respond to MouseOver events like it used to.
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I'm loading SWF B into SWF A... SWF B has sounds in it's library that have been exported for actionscript. Can I access those from SWF A? And if so, how?
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