how to have loaded movie communicate with loader

[mhunter]

I have a movie that loads different swfs on different frames. When the loaded movie is done, I want a next button that can tell the loader to go to frame 2.

Tried several methods. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[kglad]

where's the code that determines when the loaded swf has completed play?

[mhunter]

There will be a button that pops up on the last frame of the loaded movie. Trying to figure out the path to the parent...

[kglad]

after the loader is added to the display, you can use,

MovieClip(this.parent.parent)

to reference the main timeline of the loading swf.  eg,

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).gotoAndStop(2);

[mhunter]

Is that all the code I need? I get a coercion failed error.

[kglad]

is your code on the main timeline of the loaded swf?

[mhunter]

yes. On frame 2. I get "Cannot access a property" when I run that swf, and the coercion error when I run the loader.

[kglad]

you can't 'run' that swf.

you publish it and it's loaded.

in your loading swf is your loader added to the display before loading is complete?

if so, what's the exact error?

[mhunter]

I did a test movie and test/debug on the loaded (Step1) to see if it worked. Hit next and got the error. Is this not the right thing to do? It has the code you provided on the second frame. That is the only code associated with communication so far. The loader file is called "loader". Neither file seems to know anything is wrong until the loaded movie hits the second frame.

[kglad]

you can't 'test' the loaded fla.  just publish it to create the swf.

then test using the main (loading) fla.  if you see an error doing that, copy and paste your error and indicate the code referenced in the line number of the error message.

[mhunter]

This is the error from the loader:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Sprite@7fffbee4f49 to flash.display.MovieClip.

at step_1_fla::MainTimeline/frame2()

at flash.display::MovieClip/nextFrame()

at step_1_fla::MainTimeline/next()

Frame 2 code:

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).gotoAndStop(2);

[kglad]

do you have a document class file for the loading (main) swf and does that class file extend Sprite instead of MovieClip?

[mhunter]

There is currently no document class file

[kglad]

replace

Frame 2 code:

MovieClip(this.parent.parent).gotoAndStop(2);

with

Frame 2 code:

trace(this.parent);

trace(this.parent.parent);

trace(this.parent.parent.name);

[mhunter]

[object ProLoader]

[object Sprite]

instance3

[kglad]

show your proloader code that adds it to the display and the relationship between the sprite parent of proloader and the main timeline.

[mhunter]

the loader.fla file uses a UILoader, so there is no code. I created another file using object loader. That file uses this:

var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader();

var swfFile:URLRequest = new URLRequest("step_1.swf");

var container:MovieClip= new MovieClip();

swfLoader.load(swfFile);

container.addChild(swfLoader);

addChild(container);

That also fails. The traces are:

[object Loader]

[object MovieClip]

instance2

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Loader@7fff9c15ea1 to flash.display.MovieClip.

at step_1_fla::MainTimeline/frame2()

[kglad · Accepted solution]

you must be changing your code to cause different error messages and that's making it difficult to help you.

if you leave the code in message 16, use:

MovieClip(this.parent.parent.parent).gotoAndStop(2)

in the loaded swf.

[mhunter]

The code in 16 is a completely new file. Decided to use code instead of the UILoader component. That was crucial. Still got an error, but it would have never worked with the component. Figured I would take that possibility of error out of the equation. But alas, that code worked perfectly. Just needed an extra .parent!

Thank you!

[kglad]

you're welcome.