External swf Font.enumerateFonts()

Hello,
I'm coding a FontRegister class that register fonts from an
external library.swf.
Instead of writing 'manually' all the font class names as
strings ("MyFont1","MyFont2",...) to be registered via
getDefinition(), I wanted the script to automatically list and
register all the fonts in the loaded swf.
Font.enumerateFonts() only works on the current
ApplicationDomain.... How do I check enumerateFonts in library.swf
when loading is complete?
Thanks in advance,
T

You need to load the library into a new LoaderContext in your
ApplicationDomain or access the loaders domain directly:
_loader.contentLoaderInfo.applicationDomain.getDefinition("com.domain.MyClass");
There is a tutorial in CS3 about it.

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In the external swf "importer.swf", i am trying to import the symbol "testSymbol" from another swf file say "exporter.swf", which exports through runtime sharing option for the symbols.
I am having some buttons in loader.swf file and on each button click i am loading different swf files into the loader.swf after unloading the previous one.
I am able to load and unload different swf files but unable to load the importer.swf file which is sharing symbols from external swf and that too for the second time i.e., when i click the button twice.
When trying to debug with flash debugger, all the other swf files are being unloaded before loading of another swf but the swf which is sharing symbols/classes with another swf is not getting unloaded.
Output when i am trying to load two files example and importer files into loader.swf file on two different button clicks. On first button click example.swf is loaded. On second button click , example.swf is unloaded and importer.swf is loaded which is successful. On first button click again importer.swf is unloaded and example.swf is loaded. On second button click again, example.swf is unloaded and importer.swf is loaded, here i am getting issues shown above.
Attemping to launch and connect to Player using URL D:\runtime issue\loader.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\ loader.swf - 8181 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 1920 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 1920 bytes after decompression
ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable xxxxxx is not defined.
Debug session terminated.
Code i am using
b1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, b1Clicked);
b2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, b2Clicked);
var ldr:Loader;
function b2Clicked(e:MouseEvent)
    if(ldr != null)
        ldr.unloadAndStop(true);
    ldr = new Loader();
    ldr.load(new URLRequest("importer.swf"));
    addChild(ldr);
function b1Clicked(e:MouseEvent)
    if(ldr != null)
        ldr.unloadAndStop(true);
    ldr = new Loader();
    ldr.load(new URLRequest("example.swf"));
    addChild(ldr);
If i try to open the swf using IE, i am not getting any issues at all. But i need to open this loader.swf in a air application. Also when i use loaderContext for the loader instance i am able to get rid of this issue but i cant use it in my application.
So, please help me in resolving this issue.
Thanks

I got my answer. I had to append the photo url to the 'movie' value of the javascript embed method. Like this:
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srb.

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I’ve been struggling for several weeks, trying to get a preloader to work on a large (~80 MB) photo portfolio file (using the method where the preloader is on frame 1 of the file, and when loading is completed, it jumps to the content). I’ve done countless tutorials, and none seem to work on my presentation. I even tried downloading a trial version of CS4 so I could export every one of the file’s library movie clips and images so that they load on Frame 2 (a feature MX doesn’t have). It takes about 20 seconds for the .exe to load from a CD, and no matter which preloader construction I use, it always seems to appear in the last few seconds before the movie loads completely. During the initial wait time, there’s no indication that anything is happening: no hourglass on the mouse, and not even a blank screen. This is only true for the first time that the file is loaded from the CD; on subsequent loads, the file must already be in RAM, because it loads within a few seconds.
I decided that I’m going to try and make the file which the user clicks on (one named Windows_Portfolio.exe or another called Mac_Portfolio.hqx) the preloader so that it would be tiny, and would load instantly. I want that file to launch the external huge portfolio file (renamed files.swf), keep track of its loading progress, and cycle through a slideshow (10 thumbnail images that transition into each other over 100 frames) proportionally, based upon the percentage of files.swf that had been loaded.
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If you know JavaScript (ECMA Script) then you might be able to get it done applying a for loop and a random function
to the for loop if you know how to get a page-loaded request into JavaScript.
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-markerline
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Hi.
I creating my first flash (actionscript 3.0) website but I'm
stuck with a visual effect I want to create.
I have a window on my website called contentWindow. Every
time you click a button this window is supposed to leave the stage,
load the requested content and return to the stage.
The sliding window is a movie clip with 83 frames, 21 to
enter the stage, 21 to leave the stage again, 20 for nothing (its
just to simulate the loading time) and 21 to return to the stage.
Now my goal is, when the user clicks on a navigation button,
the window exits the stage, loads an external SWF with the content,
and then returns to the stage.
I've the "window" movie clip with an instance name of
"contentWindow". Inside there is another movie clip with an
instance name of "contentLoader". The content that the user
requested should appear inside the "contentLoader".
Now, when the contentWindow leaves the stage, I get this
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quote:
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Recently, I have been putting together a flash presentation.
And I am just wondering if the following might help you, in your
communication with the said swf file:
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onComplete);
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event.target.content.thinggy_mc.y -= 100;
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within an external swf file. I think if you look up this code, you
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I am Arabic language teacher, and I design an application to teach Arabic, I just would like to learn how to load and unload more than one external swf files in different frames.
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Basic Intro:
I am new in Action Script and trying to create a video tutorial framwork. In this I have lots of animated SWF files in all the files I have multiple scenes as those are 5min. to 10 min. each and all the files have the relevent background and nurration voice place directly on the TIMELINE frame by frame to match lip syncing animated chreactors.
My file structure :
Login.swf with login box is embedded into the Index.html
After logged in it will load another SWF which is Control panel.swf
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Here user can navigate to other chapter swf file through Chapter menu or Next and Previous buttons.
All files are loading and playing properly, here I am trying to control the animation and Sound both at a same time with Pause, Play and Replay through relevant buttons.
Problem:
By pressing “Pause button” animation stops but not the sound. Sound remains playing, and if I replay the swf by “Replay button” than animation restarts but sound also restarts that overlaps already playing audio.
Question: So could anybody help me finding out how to:
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2. Stop the sound with animation by the same click of Stop button, and
3. On replay it should stop playing the previously running audio and restart it with the animation like fresh loaded file, it should not sound overlapping.
Constraints:
Here I am using the sound file on the same time line of each individual swf file which I cannot add into any single movie clip because all the chapter swf file are having multiple scenes in it.
For my problem I have already done a lot of browsing online in various forums and didn't find the solution. So here I am sharing the complete information regarding the project and wishing to get some good solution out here but if I missed any helpful information please ask me anytime and please help me to quickly find out the solution.
Thanks a lot to all of you in advance to help me.

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