Loading External Swf

[Guest]

i am new in adobe flash

i need some help here

i created a "MenuUtama.swf" to access other swf inside a folder

here is the script inside "MenuUtama.swf"

     import flash.display.Stage;

     import flash.display.StageDisplayState;

     import flash.events.MouseEvent;

     import flash.net.URLRequest;

     import flash.display.Loader;

     bab1Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Bab1);

     function Bab1(event:MouseEvent):void

     {

         var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Bab1/MateDasar.swf");

         var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader ();

             swfLoader.load(myRequest);

             addChild (swfLoader);

     }

in the "MateDasar.swf" i create a Home button to go back to the "MenuUtama.swf" 

i try using removechild to close  the "MateDasar.swf" but i cant go back to the "MenuUtama.swf"

here is the code i use in the "MateDasar.swf" for the Home btn

     homeBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Home);

     function Home(event:MouseEvent):void

     {

         var myRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MateDasar.swf");

         var swfLoader:Loader = new Loader ();

             removeChild (swfLoader);

             swfLoader.unloadAndStop ();

     }

this is the image of the file location

how to access the MenuUtama.swf from the MateDasar.swf ??

sorry for my bad english and thanks

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

The Loader you create in MateDasar has no relationship to the one you created in the MenuUtama file.  What you should do is have the menu manage the loading and unloading of its children.   Just let the children indicate to the menu that they want to be removed by having them dispatch an event for which the menu has an event listener assigned.

Here is a link to another posting I answered this week that addresses this same approach.  See if you can understand it from what I explain there...

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1268765?tstart=30

[Guest]

if i want to access the page 01.swf from MateDasar.swf , do i put the loader in MenuUtama.swf too ??

[Ned Murphy]

I have no idea what the relationship is between the files.  While it could probably be done whichever way you prefer, if page 01 is something that the menu file would normally load, then you might want to keep that being responsible for loading it.  If it happens to be something that onkly relates to having the MateDasar file opened, then you might want it loaded only by that file.

[Guest]

the relations between the file is like :

inside MenuUtama.swf contains the main menu buttons of the program.

by clicking one of the button in the MenuUtama.swf , you can open the MateDasar.swf

and from inside the MateDasar.swf, it has some buttons too that can open page 01.swf where inside the page 01.swf contain of some information about something.

something like going back and foward between the swf files i think

i try changing the code to the one you recommended :

// MenuUtama.swf code :

var loader1:Loader = new Loader ();

var loader2:Loader = new Loader ();

var loader3:Loader = new Loader ();

loader1.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,assignMovie1Listener);

loader1.load(new URLRequest("bab1/MateDasar.swf"));

loader2.load(new URLRequest("bab2/BangunDatar.swf"));

loader3.load(new URLRequest("bab3/Besaran.swf"));

bab1Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, menu1);

bab2Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, menu2);

bab3Btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, menu3);

function menu1(event:MouseEvent):void{

    addChild(loader1);

}

function menu2(event:MouseEvent):void{

    addChild(loader2);

}

function menu3(event:MouseEvent):void{

    addChild(loader3);

}

function assignMovie1Listener(evt:Event):void{

    MovieClip(evt.currentTarget.content).addEventListener("eventTriggered",removeLoader1);

}

function removeLoader1(evt:Event):void{

    loader1.unloadAndStop();

    removeChild(loader1);

}

// MateDasar.swf code:

homeBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Home);

function Home(event:MouseEvent):void

{

    dispatchEvent(new Event("eventTriggered"));

}

from that code i can open MateDasar.swf from MenuUtama.swf by clicking bab1Btn and go back to MenuUtama.swf from MateDasar.swf by clicking homeBtn

but after that, i cannot open MateDasar.swf again by clickin the bab1Btn

[Ned Murphy]

You've changed the approach where you are now preloading all of the files rather than having the button click do it.  Now you have the button just implementing the addChild() function.  So if you are not loading the files with the buttons then you do not want to have the unloading code, meaning get rid of the line...

      loader1.unloadAndStop();

[Guest]

thanks for your help Mr Ned

it's works ^^

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome.

[Guest]

how to keep the child play from frame 1 when i open the swf ??

from the code above it keep playing from where i remove the child

[Ned Murphy]

In your button code tell the content of the loader to gotAndPlay(1).  Try...

function menu1(event:MouseEvent):void{

    addChild(loader1);

    MovieClip(loader1.content).gotoAndPlay(1);

}

[Guest]

thanks again