Controlling SWF loaded through MovieClipLoader

Hello AS gurus,
I have a two-level site for a portfolio where users can view
still images and videos for different projects. The top level SWF
file can be considered as the "parent SWF" and within this file,
the user navigates by choosing which project he/she wants to
explore. After choosing, the "parent SWF" loads in a "child SWF"
via MovieClipLoader of the selected content. It is within this
"child SWF" that the user can view the various images and videos
(with sound) of the selected project. To go back out and choose a
different project, the parent SWF is used and the user navigates to
and chooses another project.
The problem is that I can't figure out how to communicate
from the child SWF to the parent SWF (and vice versa)...well not
really...this is difficult to explain...hmmm... It would be better
to explain it with an example...
If you go to:
http://www.culshaw.info/junk_drawer/xdin/swf/
(1) Choose the "Examples" square (when this box zooms up, you
are presented with a way to navigate to various projects -- this
SWF that loads as the zoom up happens is what I am calling the
"parent SWF").
(2) Choose the second project, labelled "Ford : Ti-VCT" by
clicking on it (after clicking on the Ford project, the "child SWF"
is loaded via a MCL from the "parent SWF").
(3) You can see that the Ford project has 8 images and one
video that the user can view. Choose the video and ensure that it
begins to play and hit the mute button so that you hear sound
(sound is default muted. It is within this "child SWF" that the
video is NetStream(ed) and the sound is controlled. (there is a bug
with my code here so you may need to hit play/pause to get the
video going).
(4) Now, as the video is playing and you hear sound, click on
the "Other Examples" button that is located below the video player.
This button is actually embedded in the the "parent SWF" that
allows the user to navigate back up to see other projects and not
in the "child SWF" which contains all of the content. Notice that
you continue to hear the sound and that the net connection is still
streaming the video within the "child SWF". I don't want this to
happen. I want the "parent SWF" to tell the "child SWF" to stop
streaming and stop all sounds when this "parent SWF" - embedded
"Other Examples" button is pushed.
I can't figure out how to do this. Any info that may help
would be appreciated...
-john

Hi,
It looks to me that the example you are going by has a main
navigation in the parent swf that is controlling which child movie
is loaded in and each child swf has its own internal navigation. If
this is what you are trying to achieve and you are using
_root.MoveClipName to target things you need to use the lockroot
code so the flash player knows what root you are talking about.
Place on the first frame of each Child swf
this._lockroot = true;
Hope this helps

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http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/controls/SWFLoader.html#unloadAndStop()
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/display/Loader.html#unloadAndStop()
Note that unLoadAndStop()is FP10 only.

SWF LOAD UNLOADING SWFLOADER ISSUES

Hello Everyone,
I wonder if anyone ran into this issue. I have a view stack
with 3 visual screens. One of the screen has SWFLoader placed in
with "id = contentLoader";
I have two buttons on this screen on the top: "LOAD MOVIE 1"
and "LOAD MOVIE 2".
So pretty much, user can load the movie into the SWF LOADER
via this two button navigation. Well, I am able to load the first
movie with "AUTOLOAD". But when I click for the "LOAD MOVIE 2", the
second movie does load in but then the application crashes and
closes itself.
My Questions:
How can I unload the currently loaded SWF Movie before
Loading the next one. I have searched for days for this on google
and nothing has come through.
ContentLoader.unloadandStop() doesn't work and application
still crashes.
ContentLoader.source = ""; doesn't work, app still crashes
ContentLoader.source = null; doesn't work, app still crashes
Any help would highly be appreciated on this, please.

Hello Everyone,
I wonder if anyone ran into this issue. I have a view stack
with 3 visual screens. One of the screen has SWFLoader placed in
with "id = contentLoader";
I have two buttons on this screen on the top: "LOAD MOVIE 1"
and "LOAD MOVIE 2".
So pretty much, user can load the movie into the SWF LOADER
via this two button navigation. Well, I am able to load the first
movie with "AUTOLOAD". But when I click for the "LOAD MOVIE 2", the
second movie does load in but then the application crashes and
closes itself.
My Questions:
How can I unload the currently loaded SWF Movie before
Loading the next one. I have searched for days for this on google
and nothing has come through.
ContentLoader.unloadandStop() doesn't work and application
still crashes.
ContentLoader.source = ""; doesn't work, app still crashes
ContentLoader.source = null; doesn't work, app still crashes
Any help would highly be appreciated on this, please.

SQL Loader through Forms 6i

Hi,
I need to know the steps to run sql loader through forms6i in windows environment.
Please help me in this regard.

1. Create a control file for Sql*Loader with all parameters you need
2. Create a .bat file to run Sql*Loader, e.g. "sqlldr username/password@db control=<file above>"
3. Use HOST command within Forms 6i to run the .bat file.

Issues in calling Sql Loader through forms developer (10g)

Hi,
I am developing a form(in 10g) ,in which I am calling sql loader for loading data onto a oracle database table from external source (e.g. data file is a .CSV file).
But , somehow the sql loader is not getting executed.
Here , I am giving the environment settings , approach i am taking;
This is a distributed system , both the application server,and database server are mounted on two different servers.
The form is delpoyed on the application server.
The database table , and the sql loader are configured on the databse side.
I am using host(<sql loader command>) command to invoke the Operating System command through forms.
The sql loader is working ok , and the data is getting loaded successfully onto the required database table when I am executing the sql loader command on Unix prompt , but through the forms , it's not working.
Do I need to change some environmental setting to make this work...
Any quick help in this regard is highly appreciated.
Thanks.

Hi Craig,
I have already tried out the option of calling sql loader through stored procedure,but this is not working ...
could you please share any examples to do so ...
code snippet i am using in forms:
declare
usid get_application_property(userid);
pwd get_application_property(password);
db get_application_property(host);
msqlldr varchar2(250);
begin
msqlldr:='/u01/oracle/formss/bin/sqlldr' username=<uid/pwd@db> control=<control file name> data=<data file name> log=<log file name>
hosts(msqlldr);
end;
Note that sqlldr command ,for that matter any unix shell command is not working through the hosts() command ...
could you please suggest any way out ...
Thanks.

Control swf from separate swf in main file

Im loading 2 swfs into my main swf. So I have a top swf and a
bottom swf being loaded in externally into my main swf that makes 3
swfs, 1MAIN swf loading TOP swf & BOTTOM swf.
Is there a way to have the bottom swf control or command the
top swf? I need a button on in the bottom swf to tell the top swf
to load a movie.

in AS2 you can point directly from one to the other with the
correct pathing.
IE:
_level0.TopSwfLoader.content.FunctionToCall();
or
_level0.TopSwfLoader.content.Property = NewPropertyValue;
_level0 takes you to the main swf (_root, but this works
around if lockroot is set)
TopSwfLoader.content is the content of the Loader component
that has your Top.swf loaded into it. If you are not using a Loader
component, then you can change this to the instance name of the
Movie Clip that has the swf loaded into it.
FunctionToCall()/Property is what you want to control. Either
a function call or a property.
In AS3 this works a bit differently. I would dispatch a
custom event from the Bottom swf. Then the main swf would catch
that event, and call the appropriate function/property in the top
swf. I can elaborate more on this if you need.

Using SWF Loader

Hi Gurus,
I have been looking through other questions like this, and not sure if the resolutions that I have seen will work. I have a dashboard that I want to use the SWF loader in to bring in SWF files (obviously) but they are not stored in InfoView - which is what has been talked about in other questions.
I have looked in the user guide and have seen that I can use DocumentDownload or OpenDoc, not that I am familiar with either. My question really is this:
1. could i use one or other of these even though i am not going through infoview (so i dont have a cuid)
2. how would I write the syntax?
I tried using a URL button, but I have a container on the main summary dashboard that I want the swf's to load in, rather than have a new screen load up.
Could someone give me some advice on this??
Many thanks,
Sarah

Hi Roman,
Thanks for the response,
I got that point that i cannot use SWF loader to show my Sub Dashboard inside my main dashboard.
So my question What is the way (Working) to show the sub dashboard inside the main dashboard using the BICS(On EP).
I have tried to published my Sub Dashboard and Main Dashboard on EP and tried to call the Sub Dashboard using the HTML Link...(SWF Loader/Slide Show)...but these comp. wont work...
so which way i shd go..
Are you saying i shd go via "Web Application Designer--creating the template and calling Dashboards(main n Sub) seperately???
Sam...
Edited by: Sapbpc_user on Dec 1, 2010 12:57 PM

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