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moodinteractive
Participant
March 4, 2015
Question

How to detect external SWF has stopped not using totalFrames

  • March 4, 2015
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Trying to find a way to detect when an externally loaded SWF has stopped. Using "totalFrames" like the example below doesn't work for what I'm trying to accomplish.

I need something that simply listens and detects when the clip has stopped. Editing the external SWF is not an option. Thanks in advance for any insight.

function onfrm( evnt: Event 😞 void
{
if (newMC.currentFrame == newMC.totalFrames )
{
newMC.removeEventListener( Event.ENTER_FRAME, onfrm);
trace("End of banner");
}
}

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dmennenoh
Inspiring
March 4, 2015

Does the loaded SWF have frames? I mean if it's strictly AS controlled, then testing for totalFrames isn't going to work.

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dmennenoh
Inspiring
March 4, 2015

Just did a small test, and at least with loading a swf that has a timeline the totalFrames option works fine:

var m:MovieClip;


var a:Loader = new Loader();


a.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);


a.load(new URLRequest("anim.swf"));




function done(e:Event):void


{


  m = MovieClip(a.content);


  m.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, chek);


  addChild(m);


}


function chek(e:Event):void


{


  if(m.currentFrame == m.totalFrames){


  trace("done");


  m.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, chek);


  }


}
Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
March 4, 2015

If it is still an AS1/2 file you can't interact with it.  Have you considered working in AS1/2 instead so that you can interact with the loaded files?

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moodinteractiveAuthor
Participant
March 4, 2015

Hello again Ned. I've ditched the A1/2 files. Strictly working with external AS3 files now.

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
Legend
March 4, 2015

Too bad editing the swf is out because the proper way of doing this is to have the loaded file dispatch an event for which your main file assigns a listener when the file is loaded.  Beyond that, your only option as far as I can see it is to monitor the currentFrame vs totalFrames.  What happens with it that you don't feel works as desired?

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