Importing swfs onto stage

I have 20 swfs that were converted from Captivate. They need
to be pasted one after another in one flash timeline so I can add
audio clips to them. What I've been doing is opening a new instance
of flash and importing each swf onto the stage, and then in another
instance of flash I'm pasting the copied frames in one after
another. What's happening is the imported frames convert to 'bitmap
1' and 'symbol 1' and so forth all the way up to 23 or so. When i
try to paste a new set of frames after set 1, it asks me if I want
to replace the existing frames, when I click 'no', some of set 2
frames aren't lining up at x=0 and y=0, when i click 'yes' it
replaces set 1 frames with set 2 frames. This method has worked
with other files, but for some reason its not working anymore!
Other than creating a new folder for each imported set, is there
any easier way?
Thanks in advance, Missmetz

Yes, it is possible.
You might import their W3D as a cast member then cloneModelFromCastmember, or use loadFile on an existing W3D member. In either case you need an existing W3D castMember displayed on the stage as a sprite.

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use the following, click your img1 button once, then copy and paste the trace output (if there is any) here:
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function f(e:Event):void{
img1.visible=true;
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trace(event);
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img1.visible=false;
var my_loader:Loader = new Loader();
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in frame 1 of A1.swf, put:
stop();
trace(1);
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trace(2);

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I have a inDesign CS4 (.4 update) exported SWF that behaves badly when it is imported into Flash Pro CS4 (.2 update).
Hyphens in the text on word breaks are being changed into question marks. Font used is Arial.
The SWF ( attached) views fine in Flash Player 10, but produces the errors when imported to the stage. I have tried all settings (Text to Vector Paths, Text to Flash text) but the result is the same. Rasterizing the text is unacceptable because text quality is severely reduced on zooming the Flash document.
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So far, the only fix I have is creating all text in flash.
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Did you read the original post?
I'm creating an Emagazine in InDesign CS4. There is no option to imbed fonts in the exported SWF, nor should there be any need there as the same computer system is creating the flash magazine. I have tried both Arial and Times fonts with the same end result. The Emagazine works just fine with the exception of the font issue.
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Hello.
I will tell you below what I want to accomplish, then I'll
tell you what I have done (that didn't work). I'm hoping that
someone here can tell me where I went wrong, and also how to fix it
and pull off what I'm trying to do. Thanks!...
WHAT I WANT TO DO:
I want to have a Captivate SWF loaded into the bottom half of
a main Flash "shell" SWF, and then when the Captivate SWF is done
playing, a text field on the main "shell" SWF puts the word "DONE!"
in it.
WHAT I HAVE DONE (that didn't work):
I have a Flash SWF that loads a Captivate3 SWF in its bottom
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dynamic text field on it called "doneText_txt".
I then made another SWF that is just 10x10px and all that is
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THINGS I NOTICED:
When I imported the SWF into Captivate, it was transparent
(didn't show up). I adjusted the transparency on it (in Captivate)
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may be just because it had nothing on it (just the default white
background), so I went back into Flash and re-exported the 10x10
SWF after filling it with black. I re-imported it into Captivate,
and still it didn't show up. Like, I figured you'd see a black
square on the slide. It was on the timeline, and I could move it
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passed was because there was a problem with the SWF even being on
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Any ideas???? Or, if there's another way to pull off what I'm
trying to do, that would be fine with me as well. Thanks!!!

quote:
Originally posted by:
jbradley88
I don't think inserted objects are placed on _root, so I
wouldn't expect it to work.
But isn't "_root" just the top-most object? So, if I'm
loading the Captivate project from my main Flash SWF, then that
main Flash SWF is the "_root" no matter what, right? Or am I wrong
about that???
quote:
Originally posted by:
jbradley88
Perhaps you need to have your object identify itself via a
global variable, then have your code reference the object via the
variable?
Can you explain in more detail how to do this? I REALLY need
to get this working, but I'm just at a total loss!
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We have flash set up as a shell to take lesson data from XML
and display it frame by frame.
We import SWF files when the XML tells it to to be displayed
on the frame.
How can I get the imported SWF file to call a function in the
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basically have a button or movie clip in the imported swf
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We found a "bit" easier way if anyone is interested.. we have
the have an eventlistner added to the loader to assign a event to
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next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, MoveToNextFrame);
prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
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function MoveToNextFrame(e:MouseEvent):void
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I have created an animation of a superman like character flying with the animation being his cape flapping, his eye moving occasionally, and he moves up and down slightly to imitate the movement of flight.
I exported that animation as a SWF movie.
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First of all I done all the artwork in Illustrator, then I imported the pieces into Flash and set them in position, putting on seperate layers the parts that were to to move, eg. the pupil in the eye moving within the eyeball.
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Shitf+Ctrl+Enter:
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