Embedded AS3 SWF access in Flex 2

Question

I have an SWF (Action Script 3) created in Flash 9 Alpha
Public.
I can access all its methods and variables when using
SWFloader, but fail to do so when embedding it by using [Embed]
tag.
I need to do it to use it as a custom cursor (CursorManager
accepts objects of Class type as cursors). Before I was using SWF 8
(AS2) with LocalConnection, but since the new SWF 9 is in Action
Script 3, I want to use it directly.
The code looks like this:
[Embed(source = "cursor_9.swf")]
private var newCursorSymbol:Class;
private function changeCursor(event:MouseEvent):void
CursorManager.setCursor(newCursorSymbol);
The question is. Can I, and if I can, then, how, access this
swf methods from within a Flex 2 application?
or else, can the CursorManager somehow accept the content of
SWFloader, which is a MovieClip object?
Thank you

Answer 1

This is tough. The DisplayObject that represents the customer
cursor is instantiated internally by the CursorManager and is
stored in a private variable, so there's no way to get at it. I
believe there is a hack you can do if you ever only have one
instance of that cursor. The Class you pass to the CursorManager
can be any DisplayObject, so you can cook one up to wrap your SWF.
For example, call it MyCursor.mxml:
<mx:Canvas xmlns:mx="...">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
public static var sCursorLoader: SWFLoader;
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:SWFLoader id="loader" source="cursor_9.swf"
creationComplete="sCursorLoader = loader"/>
</mx:Canvas>
And then use the CursorManager:
CursorManager.setCursor(MyCursor);
The idea is that once the CursorManager instantiates the
MyCursor class, the static variable will point to the SWFLoader, so
you can access it in a global way:
MyCursor.sCursorLoader
Of course, you'll have to put in some kind of delay to make
sure the SWF is completely loaded, etc. This is just something I
thought of off the top of my head, so take it with a grain of salt.
:-)