Controlling Externally Loaded Swfs
Hello-
I am using AS 2.0 and MX 2004. I have a movie that loads in external swfs and images using the MovieClipLoader to load the element in to a clip called "container".
Now I've been testing within flash with test movie and it works great. as soon as I export my commands that toggle within different frames of the external swf fail.
what I have is:
container.gotoAndStop(frameLabel);
is there an obvious reason why this would stop working on export? or things I could try to figure this out.
I tried loading on to levels instead so I would have:
_level25.gotoAndStop(frameLabel);
and I still have the problem.
I am exporting as Flash 8 and testing in Flash Player 8.
ideas?
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Posted on: 01-17-2006, 12:48 PM
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buildHolder.addChild(headHolder_mc);
headHolder_mc.x = 97;
headHolder_mc.y = 100;
var headLoader_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
headHolder_mc.addChild(headLoader_mc);
var mouthHolder_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
buildHolder.addChild(mouthHolder_mc);
mouthHolder_mc.x = 98;
mouthHolder_mc.y = 134;
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var noseHolder_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
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noseHolder_mc.y = 104.1;
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noseHolder_mc.addChild(noseLoader_mc);
var eyesHolder_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
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eyesHolder_mc.x = 97;
eyesHolder_mc.y = 67.5;
var eyesLoader_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
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var hairHolder_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
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loadArray.push(noseLoader_mc);
loadArray.push(headLoader_mc);
loadArray.push(hairLoader_mc);
loadArray.push(mouthLoader_mc);
loadArray.push(eyesLoader_mc);
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I thought that would remove the SWF from the scene, as the SWF vanishes from the stage, however the timer keeps ticking, so it is still using up resources behind the scenes... Do i have to wait for the GC to clean it up or is there a "correct" way to clean up after yourself?
Button Addressing In Externally Loaded Swfs
I have a swf loaded into a container swf that has buttons and various other interactive elements. I'm seem to be having issues with addressing. I can't get the buttons within these loaded swfs to work the way I want them to. How would addressing be handled in these situations? Any help in this regard is greatly appreciated.
AS3 - Stopping Sound In Externally Loaded SWFs
Hi folks...I've spent hours trying to solve this; to no avail.
I've built a Flash movie that demos a new website. The Flash movie loads 14 external SWF files, each of which contains a single narration sound clip.
I can get the external SWFs to load just fine, but when I load the next clip, the sound from the first clip keeps playing. I can use SoundMixer.stopAll();, but that has the unfortunate effect of also stopping my soundtrack, which plays in the main timeline of the container file.
I've heard there is a way to stop sounds contained in external SWFs, something about NetStream, but haven't been able to get it to work.
Complicating the matter: I can't edit the set of 14 external SWF files. Whatever solution I use must be implemented from the main container Flash file.
Can anyone help me with this? Here's a sample of the code I use to load in each SWF:
one_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, go1);
function go1(myevent:MouseEvent):void {
myLoader.load(myRequest);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.OPEN,showPreloader);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,showProgress);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,showContent);
}
And here is the preloader code I use:
function showPreloader(event:Event):void {
addChild(myPreloader);
myPreloader.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
myPreloader.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
}
function showProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var percentLoaded:Number = event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal;
myPreloader.loading_txt.text = "Loading - " + Math.round(percentLoaded * 100) + "%";
myPreloader.bar_mc.width = 198 * percentLoaded;
}
function showContent(event:Event):void {
removeChild(myPreloader);
addChild(myLoader);
myLoader.x = 20;
myLoader.y = 155;
}
Thanks!!
Access Properties Of Externally Loaded Swfs?
Once an external swf is loaded onto my currently running swf using the Loader class:
1) Can the loaded swf access properties of the swf that loaded it?
2) Can the swf that perform the loading access properties of the loaded swf?
If any or both of the above is true, I would also appreciate a word or two about the process of access the other swf's properties/methods.
Thanks.
Externally Loaded .SWFs - Button 1 -> Movie 1
New question.
I understand the concept of the loadMovie() function. My issue now is that I've created several segments to the interface - The two I'll name here is A. the navigation movie which incorporates all my buttons and is loaded externally to the main movie and aligned accordingly with AS, B. the first movie I've created in a series of movies which has no other function than to look pretty and transition from photograph to photograph - also which is currently being loaded/positioned into the mainmovie directly under the navigation bars.
So my conundrum is now, how can I make button 1 call movie 1 when both are externally loaded and button 2 call movie 2, etc.? I became lost on a few AS tutorials that seemed to hint on how to make this happen, uncluding the Random Movies one I read on kirupa.com that doesn't seem to apply so much.
(please understand, the external loading effect will go hand in hand with a number of preloaders I plan to put into the site to direct the eye to each frame and basically individualize each piece of content as it appears)
Killing Processes In Externally Loaded SWFs
Hi,
I'm working on a page and I have found a little problem.
The splash page loads an external SWF containing a timed slideshow. When I unload that SWF and load a new one, the timer still loads images in the background.
Is there a way to kill all processes of an external SWF on unload??
Thanks
KD
Cross Fading Externally Loaded Swfs
Hey All,
I know this sounds similar to other posts. But, this is alittle different. I have used transitions between swfs where the first swf plays the intro, when the user clicks a button the first swf plays the 'outro' and loads the second swf intro. This not what I am looking for. I want the swfs to cross fade. I was thinking of using different layers. I have found a tutorial that seems to work but the action is on a button that loads the next swf in the array. I want to be able to pick any swf and have it cross fade with the one loaded in the holder.
Any Ideas? I will have at least 5 swfs to load.
//tutorial by Rich Shupe, FMA. http://www.fmaonline.com
/*
array of possible content to pick from. This article answered a question about swapping loaded SWF files with a transition, but this technique will also work with jpgs, without having to make swf files from them.
*/
swfArray = new Array("red_bird.swf", "chinatown_dragon.swf", "working_beast.swf");
//create two MovieClips that will hold the loaded files
this.createEmptyMovieClip("target1", 1);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("target2", 2);
//load first movie into clip 1 to start with the first image
target1.loadMovie(swfArray[0]);
//set clip2 alpha to zero so it can fade in
target2._alpha = 0;
//variables that store current clip and current content index
activeTarget = target1;
currentIndex = 0;
/*
movie-level enterFrame event handler that will fade down object 1 (if it's alpha is higher than zero), and fade up object 2 (if it's alpha is less than 100)
*/
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (obj1._alpha>0) {
obj1._alpha -= 10;
}
if (obj2._alpha<100) {
obj2._alpha += 10;
}
//enable trace to watch memory used by each loaded movie. this will illustrate the
// benefits of unloading the faded movie.
//trace("clip1: " + clip1.getBytesTotal() + " clip2: " + clip2.getBytesTotal())
};
//button script that swaps load target focus and loads the next movie
nextButton.onRelease = function() { // I want to put the action on individual buttons
//toggles values of object 1 and 2 between clip 1 and clip 2
if (activeTarget == target1) {
obj1 = target1;
obj2 = activeTarget=target2;
} else {
obj1 = target2;
obj2 = activeTarget=target1;
}
//assigns content of object 2 as next item in the content array, unless the
// end of the array has been reached. in this case start over at first item
if (currentIndex<swfArray.length-1) {
currentIndex++;
} else {
currentIndex = 0;
}
//load content into second clip
obj2.loadMovie(swfArray[currentIndex]);
//to reduce possible RAM and performance overhead, add an onEnterFrame
// event handler to object 1 to unload it once it has faded out.
//once the movie has unloaded, delete the onEnterFrame event handler
// to prevent future loads from unloading.
obj1.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (this._alpha<=0) {
this.unloadMovie();
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
};
Controlling Intances Through Externally Loaded Variables
Hello,
I would like to put a number of "lights" into a movie. The lights have to positions (on/off), and are converted to movieclip symbol. Various instances of this symbol are put on to the stage.#
I would like to control those lights (whether they are on or off) through an external txt file. The textfile has one boolean variable for each instance (e.g. vlight1=true).
On the each instance is following script:
onClipEvent (load) {
if (_root.vlight1 == true) {
tellTarget (this) {
gotoAndStop(5);
}
} else {
tellTarget (this) {
gotoAndStop(1);
}
}
}
...but it doesn't work!
I also tried with instead of tellTarget, but that did not work either.
I tested the variable in a textfield and it seemed to have read the variable alright (the txt file is loaded through loadVariablesNum("variables.txt", 0).
Anyone got an idea how to do this?
Thank you for your help!
Controlling Main Timeline Through Externally Loaded Swf
I'm missing something...here's the setup:
navbar.swf (a navigation window) loads into the main timeline, placed into a container called navguide. There are buttons in navbar.swf that I want to control the main timeline, moving it from section to section of the main site (button called "newsbutton" should move the playhead to a News section this time, which is placed on frame 5). The code I have in the main timeline so far is this (on frame 1, _root timeline):
Code:
stop();
loadMovie("scoreboard.swf", scoreboard);
loadMovie("navbar.swf", navguide);
navguide.newsbutton.onPress = function(){
_root.gotoAndStop(5);
}
No blatant typos, as far as I can find, because the effects on the newsbutton (loaded from navbar.swf) work fine. But when I click the newsbutton, nothing happens. What am I missing?
Controlling An Externally Loaded Components Properties
Hi all...
I am having some difficulty figuring out how to control a component's properties in actionscript in an external swf.
Is this possible (ie. in movie A could i load a movie B with a scrollpane, say named "component_mc" , and in Movie A use actionscript to specify setSize or setScrollContent) ????
Specifically i am using the MultiOutlet component (a component that allows you to store multiple resources such as graphics etc. like a shared library, but also with components so you don;t have to reload them each time but share them)
The multioutlet component works fine (get it at http://www.flashcomponents.net)
loading the scrollpane, but i cannot figure out the syntax or where i should put the actionscript in the movie containing the multioutlet component (not the scrollbar movie/library which the component loads) to dynamically change the component's properties...
Please help! Thanks
-aleks
Controlling An Externally Loaded Components Properties
Hi all...
I am having some difficulty figuring out how to control a component's properties in actionscript in an external swf.
Is this possible (ie. in movie A could i load a movie B with a scrollpane, say named "component_mc" , and in Movie A use actionscript to specify setSize or setScrollContent) ????
Specifically i am using the MultiOutlet component (a component that allows you to store multiple resources such as graphics etc. like a shared library, but also with components so you don;t have to reload them each time but share them)
The multioutlet component works fine (get it at http://www.flashcomponents.net)
loading the scrollpane, but i cannot figure out the syntax or where i should put the actionscript in the movie containing the multioutlet component (not the scrollbar movie/library which the component loads) to dynamically change the component's properties...
Please help! Thanks
-aleks
Controlling An Externally Loaded Components Properties
Hi all...
I am having some difficulty figuring out how to control a component's properties in actionscript in an external swf.
Is this possible (ie. in movie A could i load a movie B with a scrollpane, say named "component_mc" , and in Movie A use actionscript to specify setSize or setScrollContent) ????
Specifically i am using the MultiOutlet component (a component that allows you to store multiple resources such as graphics etc. like a shared library, but also with components so you don;t have to reload them each time but share them)
The multioutlet component works fine (get it at http://www.flashcomponents.net)
loading the scrollpane, but i cannot figure out the syntax or where i should put the actionscript in the movie containing the multioutlet component (not the scrollbar movie/library which the component loads) to dynamically change the component's properties...
Please help! Thanks
-aleks
Externally Loaded SWFs Display Objects Outside Their Border
I have a MC on my master SWF that's say, 500x300 pixels. I'm loading other SWFs into this MC, and I noticed that, if the loaded SWF has objects that move off the stage during the course of its animation, then those objects are visible outside the boundary of my placeholder MC on the master SWF. Why in the world would that happen? How do I prevent it?
Syncing Sound In Multiple Externally-loaded Swfs
hey ho peeps,
i need your advice.....
i'm making a sound toy at the mo, and i've got three blocks in a horizontal line, that each load in a choice mini swf from 33.
Each of the 33 plays a different audio-visual loop when clicked. on clicking on one of the blocks to load in a swf from the 33, i need it to wait for the others (if they've already been clicked on and something's subsequently been loaded in and started playing), to come to the start of the loop before it starts to play. each mini swf will prelaod on click, so after this it then needs to queue up to wait for the next point to start playing. this will be every 2000ms or so. Imagine the swf waiting for the next bus to come along, to hop on to join his/her other two swf friends, if you would (if they're on the bus at this point).
I know setInterval is notoriously bad at accurately calculating loop lengths on different pcs/macs of different processor power, so onSoundComplete seems like the best bet, though the code for each sound is set in each mini swf, where each's library mp3 loop is stored and attached from.i think this might be an issue?
here's the structure:
blockHolder.swf
blockA.swf
mini1.swf...
mini33.swf
blockB.swf
mini1.swf...
mini33.swf
blockC.swf
mini1.swf...
mini33.swf
i've checked Franky B's bits which, though they're very informative, i'm not sure of how specific they are to this issue..
any help would be much appreciated.
thanks boys and girls
khav
Externally Loaded SWFs Make Movie Slower
I'm having a weird problem with some externally loaded SWFs that contain only audio. They were created with Squeeze 4.3.
When I load them into my movie they drastically slow down the animation of the entire movie. As soon as I stop the audio in the external SWF the rest of the movie's animation goes back to normal. But if I start the SWF again it slows down again.
My questions are:
- Is anyone else encountering the same problem with audio only SWFs?
- Does anybody have any advice on publishing settings for the audio SWFs that may fix the "slow down"? Or any other methods for publishing audio only SWFs?
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