Help with loading External SWFs

Hi:
I need to load external swfs into a mc. They will play in
sequence, as soon as one ends, the next one will start. When
running it blows by the first external swf (start.swf) and the rest
of the external swfs will not continue to load and play after the
objectives.swf. Could someone take a look at my code and tell me
what I’m doing wrong?
I’ve created controls that will allow me to play, pause
and stop the external swfs while they’re playing (however,
these buttons do not seem to have any effect on the external swf
when it is playing). I think it is a scope issue, but I am not
sure.
Also, there’s a combo box at the bottom, which allows
the user to jump to any external swf (it actually jumps to certain
labels on the main timeline) at any time. The combo box appears to
work OK.
The FLA is located at:
www.digitalhorizonstudios.com/exstream/newplayer.fla
By the way, this presentation is a fullscreen .exe file when
in use, not a swf played in an html file.
Thanks SO MUCH for any help on this one.

Please try this line of script:
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader(); //create the varaible for the loader
var myURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("A.swf");// create the variable for the swf to be loaded
myLoader.load(myURL)
addChild(myLoader);

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mySnd.loadSound(audioPath+audioContent[4],true);
Loading the text works inside the htmlText. Using a function
loadThis to load external swf files works corerctly and even
attaching a linked movieclip from my library called "speaker" works
correctly.
The problem comes from pressing the speaker movieclip that
the output traces "undefined" instead of the external mp3 file.
I appreciate any help. Thanks.

As Ned said the problem might be with the file structure on the server. Other problems may be with spelling. You computer may not be case sensitive to the names of the .swf files that you are loading, but your server might. So, on your computer when you are testing, second.swf is the same as Second.swf, or even second.SWF. But, on the server each of these variations is seen as a different file. Another problem is that when you are loading files from the same computer in testing, those files are close and so they load very quickly from your computer. When the files have to travel from the server, there will likely be a measurable period of time before the file is ready to be shown. This is particularly problematic with video that is embedded into an .swf. The whole file will need to be downloaded and uncompressed before it is available to play. If you stream the video as an external file, you can shorten the wait considerably.

Loading external .swf files issue...

Hi,
I'm working on a simple example of loading external swf files with some ActionScript.
I've placed an instance of List Component and gave it an instance name of loadList. Using Component Inspector, I assigned data for 4 external files as below:
Next, I've added a UILoader component (instance name - loadWindow). The code that is supposed to load the content into UILoader is this:
loadList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, selectItem);
function selectItem(e:Event):void
loadWindow.source = e.target.selectedItem.data;
When I run it in a FlashPlayer, it only loads the first 2 swf files.... (I checked the files and all files are fine).
I hope to get some light on the issue so any help will be appreciated.

Try tracing e.target.selectedItem.data to make sure it's what you expect.
Also, have you tried using the load() method instead of the source property?

Loading external swf movie to website - AS3

Hi, once again I am stuck because of AS3, it was sooo easy to load external swf in as2.
I have a very simple website where HOME does not want the external swf to show but all other pages should have the swf running as a main banner on left hand side.
My site is built with labels - if you click on any other page except "HOME" the swf should load and stay loaded while navigating on the "following pages", and when you navigate back to "HOME"the banner should unload.
Should be easy right? I browse the Internet for 2 days and find millions of code, but nothing that works.
Do I need a Loader placed on the following pages or an empty movie clip (with an instance name?)
I tried the below, but it only loads if you click on button "l'ambition" first, since this is the frame where the code is placed, and it is of course not unloading on "HOME. I have a keyframe on label "ambition" where I have a Loader box and the code (both running all over the following pages.
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("main_movie_241x700.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);
Do I need an EventListener?
Anyone...? Please hand me complete code since that will help me a lot. You can see the test site here: http://www.gattadesign.fr/CSD/index.html
Thanks in avance!
Anna Gatta

Thanks for taking your time! Much appreciated.
I like not complicated :-) So it is now loading from the start - stretching over the whole timeline. How do I controll the visibility during the "HOME" = that is invisible?
This is the code I use to load the external swf:
var Xpos:Number=0;
var Ypos:Number=0;
var swf:MovieClip;
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
var defaultSWF:URLRequest=new URLRequest("main_movie_241x700.swf");
loader.load(defaultSWF);
loader.x=Xpos;
loader.x=Ypos;
addChild(loader);

Loading external swf (no code)

Hello
i have a strange issue since update of my app for ios 8: my app is loading external swf (doesnt containing code, its just pdf converted to swf using swftools)
while its working ok when debugging on device, these external swf don't show up since the app have been accepted on itunes. And i dont have any error message
what i don't understand is why it's working good with the debug version and not the production version. they are supposed to be exactly the same, and i don't see why it would be a crossdomain or applicationdomain issue. Did somebody experienced the same problem ?
the thing is its a bit hard to debug, as the prod version isnt firing any message, and the debug version is just fine...:/
thanks !

hello
here is the command generated by flash builder 4.7 (flex 4.13, air 15.0.0.302)
java.exe -jar D:\SDK\Flex4.13_air15beta\lib\adt.jar -package -target ipa-app-store -provisioning-profile C:\Users\Gabriel\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7\WeesooMobile\libs\certificates\IOS\09102014\iConfDistri_09102014.mobileprovision -storetype pkcs12 -keystore C:\Users\Gabriel\Adobe Flash Builder 4.7\WeesooMobile\libs\certificates\IOS\09102014\CertificatsProd_0910214.p12 -storepass <Value cannot be displayed> WeesooMobile3.ipa WeesooMobile3-app.xml assets [email protected] [email protected] Default-Landscape.png [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Default-Portrait.png [email protected] Default.png [email protected] WeesooMobile3.swf
i missed the "proloader" part...is it now mandatory to user proloader if loading external swf assets ? is it a normal behavior that the swf can be loaded with the debug version, and not the shop version ?
thanks for your help. by the way, i'm making a small video to show you the problem,as i'm not 100% sure you understand it in my case

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