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load external swf onto an mc that is on screen

Forum|Forum|11 years ago
March 5, 2015
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this seems like a basic question but if I have an swf file in the same directory as the fla, and want to have it on an mc, is there a simple way? so I pull an movieclip on the screen and want it to load. anyone have a quick example?

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Correct answer kglad

use the loader class to load an external swf.

var loader:Loader=new Loader();

loader.load(new URLRequest("yourexternalswf.swf"));

addChild(loader); // adds the loader to the current timeline

// if you want to add the loader to a movieclip, apply the addChild method to that movieclip, eg:

yourmovieclip.addChild(loader);

kglad

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use the loader class to load an external swf.

var loader:Loader=new Loader();

loader.load(new URLRequest("yourexternalswf.swf"));

addChild(loader); // adds the loader to the current timeline

// if you want to add the loader to a movieclip, apply the addChild method to that movieclip, eg:

yourmovieclip.addChild(loader);

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jameslavisAuthor

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so would i put this code in the main as3 timeline or in the code of the appeared movieclip?

i put this in the main area like this (in the click of a button function)

function CFbandELEVENbutton(e: MouseEvent): void

{

TweenMax.to(CFbandELEVENevalbox, 0.5, {alpha:1});

CFbandELEVENevalbox.visible=true;

CFbandELEVENevalbox.mouseEnabled=true;

var loader:Loader=new Loader();

loader.load(new URLRequest("eval.swf"));

addChild(loader); // adds the loader to the current timeline

// if you want to add the loader to a movieclip, apply the addChild method to that movieclip, eg:

CFbandELEVENevalbox.addChild(loader);

}

this returns an error

Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2036: Load Never Completed.

kglad

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you wouldn't use both these:

addChild(loader); // adds the loader to the current timeline

CFbandELEVENevalbox.addChild(loader);

either add to the current timeline or some other parent like CFbandELEVENevalbox

and that error is caused because eval.swf is not found in the default directory.

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