Loading a Flipping Book swf into a parent swf file

[securedwig]

Hello everyone, I hope I can find the answer to my problem here...

I'm trying to load a flipping book swf file inside my flash website and I'm using this code:

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();

addChild(myLoader);

var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("catalogue.swf");

myLoader.load(url);

the swf file containing the book loads abut the pages that are linked to an XML file won't. I'm using AS 3 and I have found some answers but they are all in AS 2. Does anyone know how I can make this work? How do I call that XML file?

Thanks!!

[Ned Murphy]

What is the folder structure for the various files involved, and how does the flipping page file target whatever files it loads?

[securedwig]

Hey Ned, thanks for your reply!

inside the main folder, where the main .swf file is I have: catalogue.swf, config.xml and another folder called pages, where all the jpg files are. This is my xml file:

<FlippingBook>

<width>600</width>

<height>400</height>

<scaleContent>true</scaleContent>

<firstPage>0</firstPage>

<alwaysOpened> false </alwaysOpened>

<autoFlip> 50 </autoFlip>

<flipOnClick> true </flipOnClick>

<staticShadowsDepth> 1 </staticShadowsDepth>

<dynamicShadowsDepth> 1 </dynamicShadowsDepth>

<moveSpeed> 2 </moveSpeed>

<closeSpeed> 3 </closeSpeed>

<gotoSpeed> 3 </gotoSpeed>

<flipSound></flipSound>

<pageBack> 0x1C90CB </pageBack>

<loadOnDemand> true </loadOnDemand>

<cachePages> true </cachePages>

   <cacheSize> 4 </cacheSize>

<preloaderType> Progress Bar </preloaderType>

<userPreloaderId></userPreloaderId>

<pages>

<page>pages/page01.jpg</page>

<page>pages/page02.jpg</page>

<page>pages/page03.jpg</page>

<page>pages/page04.jpg</page>

<page>pages/page05.jpg</page>

</pages>

</FlippingBook>

the flipping book works fine when I open it separately, but when added to the main swf, I can flip pages but the actual pages are not there, I think the xml is not being called. I'm looking into the ADDED_TO_STAGE function but I have no idea how to add it to my code...

Thanks a lot!

[Ned Murphy]

Is the flipping swf an AS2 file or an AS3 file?

[securedwig]

AS 2...

[Ned Murphy]

If the AS2 file uses _root references, then that might be the source of the problem. Does it?

[securedwig]

I don't really know, where would I look for that? I only have the swf file and XML...

[Ned Murphy]

If you only have the swf, then as far as I know you will not be able to do much to resolve your problem (someone else may know further).  Chances are the AS2 file is using _root references, which has it looking to the file that loads it as the _root... which is not what is intended.  If it's using _root references it is not designed to be loaded into another file.

If you could edit the AS2 file you might be able to fix it by setting its _lockroot property to be true.  Or if the file loading it was an AS2 file you could set its _lockroot property from there after it was loaded.  But _lockroot is not part of the AS3 language, so you can't set it in the AS3 file like you could if the main file was an AS2 file.

[securedwig]

Thanks a lot man, I'm gonna look for another solution!!