load in external swf on click - button

[DK1120]

help please

was so easy in AS2 but seem really complicated in AS3, doh!

would someone please help?? I am trying to simply load in an external swf when I click a button.

I have created a button on the stage called it 'my_button'

I can get the swf to load in automatically but I am not understanding the script for loading it in on a click.....would someone pleae explain what script I need to have : (

this is the script I have for loading automatically;

var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("photography.swf");
loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
addChild(loader_mc);

works great just would like to have it load in on a button click, can someone help

aaaarrrgghhhh!!!!

[kglad]

:

yourbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,f);

var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("photography.swf");

function f(e:Event){
loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
addChild(loader_mc);

}

[DK1120]

HA! HA! that works great, thank you!!

I have come accross one other thing when doing it, I am going to have 5 button in total each loading in external swfs for example

button 1 - loads in photography.swf

button 2 - loads in video.swf

button 3 - loads in art.swf

button 4 - loads in music.swf

button 5 - loads in print.swf

so I did this thinking I could just duplicate, create another button, call it 'my_video' and use . .

my_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick)

function buttonClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
     var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("photography.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
      addChild(loader_mc);
}

my_video.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick)
function buttonClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
     var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("video.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
      addChild(loader_mc);
}

and so ...

....but oh! know it just goes crazy,do I need to unload the swf that is already loaded also??

whats the simplest way of doing this

thanks for your help!

thanks for your help

[kglad]

you can't have 2 functions with the same name.  how will flash know which you want to use?

each button listener should call a different function or, you could call one function and use a property of your buttons to indicate which swf to load.

but the simplest is to use a different function for each button.

p.s.  please mark this thread as answered, if you can.

[DK1120]

hi there

ok so do you mean something like this in terms of adding more functions;

button 1.)        function buttonClick(e:MouseEvent):void

button 2.)       function buttonClick2(e:MouseEvent):void

button 3.)     function buttonClick3(e:MouseEvent):void

etc

can it be done like this?

[DK1120]

ok, I got that working but the other swf stays there, would you beable to

help me understand what it is I need to do in order to get the previous exteranl swf to unload?

see is what I have;

my_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick)

function buttonClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
     var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("photography.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
      addChild(loader_mc);
}

my_video.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick2)

function buttonClick2(e:MouseEvent):void
{
     var loader_mc : Loader = new Loader();
      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new URLRequest("video.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
      addChild(loader_mc);
}

[DK1120]

is it easier to load the swf's into a level so this would mean that the previous would be replace with the new

swf loading into the same level, if so how do I incorporate the script into what I have

aaarrrrrrghhhH!!!

[DK1120]

in AS2 you this - ("photography.swf",2);

but how for AS3

[kglad]

use one loader.  and if you're publishing for fp 10, use unloadAndStop():

var loader_mc : Loader = new  Loader();

   addChild(loader_mc);

my_button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,  buttonClick)

function  buttonClick(e:MouseEvent):void
{
     try{

loader_mc.unloadAndStop();

} catch(e:Error) {

}
      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new  URLRequest("photography.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
}

my_video.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,  buttonClick2)

function  buttonClick2(e:MouseEvent):void
{

     try{

loader_mc.unloadAndStop();

} catch(e:Error) {

}

      var urlRequest : URLRequest = new  URLRequest("video.swf");
      loader_mc.load(urlRequest);
}

[kglad]

p.s.  please mark this thread as answered, if you can.

[DK1120]

can't seem to get it working ????

[DK1120]

ha! ha!

fantastic, yes I got it working with that script, changed it to publish for flash player 10 as was on 9 and it work perfects.

thank you for all your help, you have been very helpfull. Yes will mark answered!

big thank you!

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[DK1120]

Hi Klad

I was wonderinf if I could pick your brain about something related to what you helped me with. I keep coming accross sitse which are full screen flash but when you resize the browser elements of the movie stay constrained. I have been wondering for a while how this is done and have come across something called "liquifying website", see hhis post: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2677379#2677379

... but also heard that there is an application, flex, that can constrain sites??

I guess my question is how is this done and using the script you helped me with is it possible to constrain the container "loader_mc" within that script that would simply stop things being resized as and when the browser is?

thanks for any help and knowledge on this topic : )

[kglad]

that's done using a stage resize event listener and customizing the positioning and sizing of display objects.

i didn't check your reference but checking liquid flash should be the correct topic.

[DK1120]

thanks for that!

will check liquid flash out

many thanks

[critterman44920]

AWESOME!! I've been looking for this code, I knew it wasn't as complicated as other snippets I've been given....THAT DON'T WORK!

THANX!

[kglad]

you're welcome.