Is this possible - Import Flash swf which then imports an external swf

Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to (as the title says) to import an swf which itself imports an external swf?
Explanation - I've got an scrollbar created in flash...and to keep it tidy i've created the scroll 'content' as another swf which is imported into the scrollbar swf.
Whenever i publish/render the project the scroll bar appears but the content does not.
Is it possible to do this?
Captivate > imports flash > which imports external swf
Cheers
Craig.

Yes that shouldn't be a problem at all. You probably won't be able to see it working when you preview the project from within Captivate but if you publish it and manually copy/paste the external swf to the publish directory, it should work just fine.
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Hello everyone,
I have a Main Flash which is set to 25 fps. This Flash is
used to load an external swf file which was created using 12 fps. I
would like to know what really happens when the Main Flash loads
the external swf file? Does the Main file forces the external file
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Khoramdin wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a Main Flash which is set to 25 fps. This Flash
is used to load an
> external swf file which was created using 12 fps. I
would like to know what
> really happens when the Main Flash loads the external
swf file? Does the Main
> file forces the external file to be run on 25 fps or the
swf file is run with
> its own 12 fps?
>
> Any ways, if someone can take the time and explain this,
I would be greatful.
>
> Thank you very much and have a great day.
>
> Khoramdin
>

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What is or isn't possible on iOS? (Not having Loader, loadBytes(), external swfs, etc)

My basic question is: "What are the classes which we should not use for iOS using the packager."
I have been trying for a few days trying to get a simple Flash app to run on the iPad. A very simple app (with sound!) with just 2 classes works fine (Performance is a whole other issue. We will get to that). But if I try anything else, all I get is a white/black screen on the iPad. So it would be really nice to know what classes, functions, etc we CANNOT use for the Packager.
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Now on to performance. Adobe, can you post some examples/samples of code which runs at decent performance? Like a "tech demo" of what is possible using the Packager running on iPad/iPhone. That would be extremely helpful for everyone. I have done a lot of the optimizing suggestions on various sites and pages ( and by Adobe http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/optimize_content_ios.html), but I am not seeing the 30 fps performance that is MORE than possible on iPhone/iPad. Displaying and moving around Bitmaps (I don't use any vector graphics) should be blazing fast. Quake runs on iPad without any problems and that code is 10 years old. Moore's law dictates that drawing Bitmaps using CPU should be faster than a 3D engine written 10 years ago... I am trying out the new iOS 4.2 which is supposed to be "significantly" better, but I am still stuck on loadBytes().
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Thanks.

I have hardly ever seen a post here from someone at Adobe, so you may need to be patient.
Read this article, and get its associated demo files, to see some good performing tech demos:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/optimize_content_ios.html
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Preloader ignores external swf's actionscript

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Once the external swf is loaded, it plays the video again, still ignoring the first actionscript frame that says stop(); and the last frame gotoAndPlay(837).
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   txtField.selectable = false;
   txtField.text = sText;
   txtField.setTextFormat(txtFmt);
   txtFmt = null;
function Translate(mc:MovieClip, nX:Number, nY:Number):Void
   mc._x = nX;
   mc._y = nY;

Hi kglad,
The external swf is a movieclip (flv embedded with an AS3 layer to control the timeline) exported as an swf file .
The first frame of the external swf is just stop();
I didn't know the proloader code was AS2 though
The preloader works fine with the external swf locally, but the problem happens when I run them from my server.
The external swf itself and its code works fine from the server, both combined don't, so I guess the problem comes from the preloader. Probably because of the AS being 2 insted of 3.

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