Get externallu loaded swf frame length?...

Hi all,
I need to know the frame length of a swf loaded via
loadMovie().
I want to stop the loaded swf playback before it reaches its
last frame. So I need to extract
(detect) the frame length of the swf, and call a function
when the swf reaches the second to last frame.
Is this possible?
PS: I am not fluent in AS, so please provide some kind of
code example if you can.
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use the _totalframes property of your target movieclip (or
_level).

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Hi Ned thanks for the reply,
Ok so I have a button in my main movie that loads the external swf
stop();
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Brandon

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<mx:Application xmlns:mx="
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panel.status = "";
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suffix = " (" + item.children().length() + ")";
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width="100%"
height="100%"
itemClick="tree_itemClick(event);" />
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height="100%"
backgroundColor="white">
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height="100%"
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After an hour, we did it!... Kinda. Thanks for suggesting jsfl.
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I have a .Swf, which has 3 fonts embedded in it, they are all exported in frame 1 for AS. This swf loads any number of external .swfs which have dynamically generated textfields inside of them. This text must be embedded text because effects may be applied to them. I do not want to embed the three fonts into every external swf, and do not think I should have to. The font exists in the Loading swf and I have registered the fonts to the global font list. If I print this list from the loaded swf, all three fonts are present, but when I try to use any of them, my textfiels are empty.
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When I apply this code to the externally loaded swf:
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[/PHP]
I get the following output:
[PHP]FontClassInstance -> [class MyriadProRegular]
Font name: Myriad Pro[/PHP]
which is exactly what I would expect. Yet, my text box is still blank. I have embedText = true on the text box, and have applied a string to the "text" property, so it's nothing silly liek that.
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You should be able to create a swf using Flex that contains fonts embedded in either format, which can then be used in the way you describe, though, since Flex 4 suports both font formats.
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