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nezarov
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July 25, 2015
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Using external swf twice

  • July 25, 2015
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Hello..

How to use the same external swf with its vars in two movie clips?

var icon1_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var icon2_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var iconsLoader:Loader = new Loader();

iconsLoader.load(new URLRequest("data/icons.swf"));

iconsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, iconsLoaded);

function iconsLoaded(event:Event):void

{

     //here I want to add the (iconsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.content) to icon1_mc & icon2_mc

}

Thanks

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Correct answer nezarov

Thanks again.. it's done with greensock SWFLoader class

import com.greensock.loading.*;

import com.greensock.events.LoaderEvent;

var icon1_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var icon2_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var iconsSWF:SWFLoader = new SWFLoader("data/icons.swf", {onComplete:completeHandler});

function completeHandler(e:LoaderEvent):void{

var _icons:Class = e.target.getClass("icons"); // "icons" is a library symbol class

   

    icon1_mc = new _icons();

    icon1_mc.x = 10;

    addChild(icon1_mc)

    icon2_mc = new _icons();

    icon2_mc.x = 135;

    addChild(icon2_mc)

}

iconsSWF.load();

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nezarovAuthor
Inspiring
July 25, 2015

var icons_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

var iconsLoader:Loader = new Loader();

iconsLoader.load(new URLRequest("data/icons.swf"));

iconsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, iconsLoaded);

function iconsLoaded(event:Event):void

{

    icons_mc = MovieClip(iconsLoader.contentLoaderInfo.content);

     //How to create as linkage for icons_mc?

}

Thanks

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 25, 2015

you can use the content property of your loader to reference the main timeline of the loaded swf.  if that's a movieclip, you can cast it as a movieclilp:

var icons_mc:MovieClip;

function iconsLoaded(e:Event):void{

icons_mc=MovieClip(e.target.loader).content;

}

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    nezarovAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    July 26, 2015

    Thanks again.. it's done with greensock SWFLoader class

    import com.greensock.loading.*;

    import com.greensock.events.LoaderEvent;

    var icon1_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

    var icon2_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

    var iconsSWF:SWFLoader = new SWFLoader("data/icons.swf", {onComplete:completeHandler});

    function completeHandler(e:LoaderEvent):void{

    var _icons:Class = e.target.getClass("icons"); // "icons" is a library symbol class

       

        icon1_mc = new _icons();

        icon1_mc.x = 10;

        addChild(icon1_mc)

        icon2_mc = new _icons();

        icon2_mc.x = 135;

        addChild(icon2_mc)

    }

    iconsSWF.load();

      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 25, 2015

      create a 2nd loader and load it twice.

      var icon1_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

      var icon2_mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

      var iconsLoader1:Loader = new Loader();

      var iconsLoader2:Loader = new Loader();

      iconsLoader1.load(new URLRequest("data/icons.swf"));

      iconsLoader2.load(new URLRequest("data/icons.swf"));

      icon1_mc.addChild(iconsLoader1);
      icon2_mc.addChild(iconsLoader2);
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      nezarovAuthor
      Inspiring
      July 25, 2015

      Thank you for your responding, Actually I want to use it more than two times as it has some variables so it needs an event listeners also..

      I am wondering if I loaded it to one MovieClip then can I create actions script linkage for that MC as we do with the library symbols?

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