How to bring in a swc ?

Question

i want to bring in FLVPlayback.swc and .AS
to the library path, i added the swc, i added the directory containing fl and below folders for the .AS file(s).
the import stmt and the object =new FLVPlayback();  works, but when i do an addChild() it says that i must use addElement or perform skinning. addElement dies on implicit conversion.
so, can SWC's be dragged and dropped with the designer or only thru code, any thoughts.
as for why, just a test to see how to bring in swc's, plus the current VideoPlayer is a bit flakey. i have a lot from flash cs4 I want to bring in, custom UI objects.

Answer 1

Sorry, our video experts are out for the rest of the week so you're stuck with me.
1) Download the latest FLVPlayback control SWC from http://www.adobe.com/go/fms_tools/ (FLVPlayback 2.5.0.15)
2) Click the "Download the tools" link.
3) Agree to the licensing stuff and click Agree.
4) Click the "Adobe FLVPlayback 2.5.0.15 for Flash CS4 Professional and Flex" link to download the ZIP (you may need to sign in).
4.5) Create a new Flex project in Flash Builder 4. Also, I'm using Nightly build 4.0.0.8448 from http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+4.
5) Extract the ZIP and copy the /FLVPlayback2.5/adobe/fms/samples/FLVPlayback_2.5.swc file into the new Builder project's /libs/ directory. (So it should be /libs/FLVPlayback_2.5.swc)
6) Copy and paste the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
        xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo"
        creationComplete="onCreationComplete();">
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.containers.Panel;
            import mx.core.UIComponent;
            import fl.video.*;
            private function onCreationComplete():void {
                var vid:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
                vid.source = "http://helpexamples.com/flash/video/water.flv";
                vid.skinBackgroundColor = 0x666666;
                vid.scaleMode = VideoScaleMode.EXACT_FIT;
                // vid.skin = "SkinUnderPlaySeekMute.swf";
                // vid.skinAutoHide = false;
                var ui:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
                ui.addChild(vid);
                ui.width = vid.width
                ui.height = vid.height;
                var pan:Panel = new Panel();
                pan.title = vid.source;
                pan.horizontalCenter = 0;
                pan.verticalCenter = 0;
                pan.addElement(ui);
                addElement(pan);
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
</s:Application>
Hope that helps,
Peter
Message was edited by: Peter deHaan (Adobe) -- Clarified the /libs/ SWC location. You only need to copy the one SWC, not recreate any sort of folder structure.