AS3 Loading external swf from AN externally loaded swf - Accessing Children?

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UPDATE MARCH 12TH 2012: This is done using AIR FOR ANDROID USING CS5.5. I need access to the vars in the newly EXTERNALLY LOADED SWF files that are hosted on a web server and I need to have the APP on my phone access them. I am beginning to this is not possible.

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My Main Stage swf loads another one:

SWF 1

var TheContent:Loader = new Loader();
    TheContent.load(new URLRequest("http://MyWebsite.com/swf2.swf"));

/// In this SWF 1 above I NEED TO KNOW WHAT CODE can see if other content is loaded and control it when loaded. But its tricky because I am loading external content from an externally loaded swf.

Here is the code in SWF 2

var TheMenu:Loader = new Loader();
TheMenu.load(new URLRequest("http://MyWebsite.com/MenuBar.png")); // you were missing a "

In the first SWF 1 I want to know if the MenuBar.png has loaded and how to control it. So for example in SWF 1 I might put code like this...

    if(TheContent.MenuBar) /// IS LOADED? THEN...
    {
        MenuBar.alpha = .3;
        MenuBar.x = 33;
        etc...
    }

I don't have time to try this out and post a real answer ATM but look into adding event listeners to the loaderInfo object that belongs to your Document Class, or the root container object for your application. Some more nfo on working with this object can be found at: stackoverflow.com/questions/3315904/… and help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/…. It's only a theory but, it might be possibly to globally intercept all LOADED events through this object. — user562566

Douglas Mendes Douglas Mendes · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-13T16:30:36

You can save the progress value into a public variable, that can be acessed through the swf.

The follow code for SWF 2:

import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.net.URLRequest;

public class YourClassName
{
    /**This will get a progress number of your file**/
    public var fileProgress:Number = 0;
    /**This will get the file size**/
    public var fileTotalBytes:Number = 0;

    public function YourClassName()
    {           
        var TheMenu:Loader = new Loader();
        TheMenu.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler, false, 0, true);
        TheMenu.load(new URLRequest("http://MyWebsite.com/MenuBar.png"));

    }

    protected function onProgressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void{
        fileProgress = event.bytesLoaded;
        fileTotalBytes = event.bytesTotal;
    }
}`

The follow code for SWF 1:

public function printStatus():void{

        //Returs file`s progress
        trace("Progresss: "+swf1.fileProgress);

        //Return file`s size
        trace("File size: "+swf1.fileTotalBytes);
    }

I hope this can help you!

AS3 Loading external swf from AN externally loaded swf - Accessing Children?

UPDATE MARCH 12TH 2012: This is done using AIR FOR ANDROID USING CS5.5. I need access to the vars in the newly EXTERNALLY LOADED SWF files that are hosted on a web server and I need to have the APP on my phone access them. I am beginning to this is not possible.

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