Access Child of Loaded SWF File

Question

I've read through many forum threads and articles, but I still can't quite figure this one out. Here's my basic setup: Container > LoadedSWF File > MovieClip. I want to access that movie clip that's inside the swf file that's loaded into the container.

This loading code is inside a class that directly associated with an empty MovieClip on the stage. Here are the relevant parts of the code:

public var loadDrawing:Loader = new Loader;

drawLoad = "E002.swf";

loadDrawing.load(new URLRequest(drawLoad)); //I've loaded the drawing into loadDrawing

This is essentially what I want, but it doesn't work exactly like this:

jumpNumber = "j1"; //this matches the instance name of the movie clip I want to control

loadDrawing.drawLoad.jumpNumber.x = 100;

This way I can control that MovieClip that's inside the swf, that's inside the loader. Also, I will need to wait for the clip to completely load before I try accessing items within it, right?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

>>jumpNumber = "j1"; //this matches the instance name of the movie clip I want to controlloadDrawing.drawLoad.jumpNumber.x = 100;If you want to use a string like you show here then you need to use bracket access like so:loadDrawing.drawLoad[jumpNumber].x = 100;or else just do like:loadDrawing.drawLoad.j1.x = 100;However, you'll also need to cast loadDrawing.content to a MovieClip to be able to do that... so actual code would be like:MovieClip(loadDrawing.content).drawLoad[jumpNumber].x = 100;or else just do like:MovieClip(loadDrawing.content).drawLoad.j1.x = 100;

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