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Anonymous
September 2, 2009
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Play - Pause button for external .swf?

  • September 2, 2009
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I'm trying to create buttons so a viewer can pause and then play an externally loaded swf. My project can be accessed at the linke below. This is how I want the project to function

     -Click a room on the building (choose Accounting for this discussion)

     -Click one of the demo options (choose Ending a Period for this discussion)

     - Now that the demo plays, I want the user to be able to play and pause the demo swf.

The demo .swfs were created in Captivate so I don't have access to their timeline. They are loaded into an empty Loader component using the MovieClipLoader Class. Can anyone post some possible solutions to this problem? Thanks!

http://distribution.activant.com/demos/prophet21-on-demand/

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 2, 2009

you can reference the main timeline of the loaded swf by using the load target movieclip of your loadClip() method.

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Anonymous
September 2, 2009

What would that look like? Right now they're loading using the following code:

btnCashCollect_btn.onRelease = function () {
      mcLoader.loadClip("CashCollections.swf",myLoader);
      btnEndPeriod_btn.enabled = false;
      btnCashCollect_btn.enabled = false;
      btnFinancialMGMT_btn.enabled = false;
      _root.btnHome_mc._visible = false;
}

So would I use something like:

btnPause.onRelease = function() {

     myLoader.content.pause();

}

Actually I just tried that and it didn't work...I need the buttons to work for multiple external swfs that will be loaded into myLoader

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 2, 2009

btnCashCollect_btn.onRelease = function () {
      mcLoader.loadClip("CashCollections.swf",myLoader);
      btnEndPeriod_btn.enabled = false;
      btnCashCollect_btn.enabled = false;
      btnFinancialMGMT_btn.enabled = false;
      _root.btnHome_mc._visible = false;
}

So would I use something like:

btnPause.onRelease = function() {

    myLoader.stop();

}

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