Load and resize a SWF inside a MC

Hi,
I'm using AS2 to load an SWF inside an MC. The MC measures
800x600, while the SWF (which can vary in size) measures in this
case 14x60, even though, looking at it, it seems to be about half
the size of the hosting MC. This makes me think that the dimension
scales are different. I'm loading the SWF using MovieClipLoader and
I'd like to resize it so that it fits as proportionally snug as
possible within the MC. How can I do this? If I try to resize the
SWF to the MC's dimensions, it become way too large and goes off
screen. If instead I try to rescale the hosting MC to fit around
the SWF, the SWF itself rescales as well. I'm going nuts! How can
accomplish this?
Thank you,
Tatiana

To make things simple, I'd like to take an existing SWF (the
picture) and load it into a FIXED SIZED MC (the frame) and I'd like
to rescale the SWF so that it fits perfectly into the frame.
By all means, I know that what you said should work and I
admit my inexperience with AS2, but somehow the SWF's I'm loading
in, have scales that are totally different with respect to my
Stage. I even tried loading the SWF directly onto the stage and
then I loaded the frame separately onto the stage and tried to
resize it to the SWF's _width and _height. The frame became a tiny
dot on the screen, while the SWF filled half of my Stage.
Thanks again for your help.

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Hello.
I want to download a SWF file and load it in a MovieClip.
Once the
downloaded SWF is loaded in the MoviClip I want to adjust its
size to
the parent MovieClip. I also want to restore the child clip
to its
original size and to drag it inside the parent MovieClip
But it doesn't work:
http://www.tel.uva.es/personales/jpozdom/moviClipLoaderWithPreload.swf
http://www.tel.uva.es/personales/jpozdom/moviClipLoaderWithPreload.fla
Could you help me?
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blemmo escribi�:
> you can't change the properties before the clip is fully
loaded. You already
> have a listener for onLoadComplete, that's the right
place to change the size.
> Just place the restaurar() call before the play() call
in that event.
I tried it before submit the question but it doesn't work. If
I call
restaurar() just before the play() call in the onLoadComplete
then I
don't view the loaded clip in the window. You can test it if
you want.
I have fixed this using onClipEvent ( load ) in the
contenedor_mc
moviecliep. If I call restaurar() in this event it does work.
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Problem with loading and unloading external swfs

Hello Forum,
I'm pretty new to as3, and it's giving me a great challenge. I have a large number of captivate files that I want to play inside a simple container built in CS5.5... but switching back and forth between all the movies hogs the memory like crazy, so I need something to clean it up. All code is in a single frame on the main timeline. First, I create the loader:
var FlashLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var flashUrl:URLRequest = new URLRequest("placeholder.swf");
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addChild(FlashLoader);
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TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
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Need help loading and positioning a swf into a swf

This is the swf I'm trying to load.
These actions load and position a small simple swf just fine and the trace in the onLoadProgress function indicates that it loads completely
but I can't see it. What am I doing wrong?
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target_mc._x = 150;
target_mc._y = 100;
my_listener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
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Hi...this is very simple, but, for some reason escapes me: using AS3 how can a swf load another swf to replace itself in the same loader on the stage, while simultaneously calling a randomizing function in the first frame of the main timeline, to randomize the next swf?
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function shuffle(a:Array):Array {
var len:Number = a.length-1;
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Frame on main stage:
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var t = a[ivar];
a[ivar] = a[p];
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How to load and unload same SWF with different xmlFilePath?

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Access of possibly undefined property LoaderInfo through a reference with static type flash.display:DisplayObject.
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I have a doubt reg. SWF Loader.
I have created two mxml files A & B.
A. local.mxml
B. SwfSample.mxml
i have two labels and a button in A file and i have set values to those labels and have a method to handle the click event of the button. In B file i have loaded this A file and accessed the labels and methods using SystemManager Component and changed the values of the A file's label and accessed data from A file to B file.
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I have two buttons named LoadAgain and Unload
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local.mxml
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Bindable]
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<mx:SWFLoader id="myLoader" width="438" source="../bin-debug/local.swf" creationComplete="initNestedAppProps();" y="73" height="238" x="72" alpha="1.0"/>
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<mx:Button label="Update Nested Controls" click="updateNestedLabels();" x="72" y="349"/>
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<mx:Button label="Load Again" click="loadAgain();" x="72" y="439"/>
</mx:Application>
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Sathish.K

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Alex Harui
Flex SDK Developer
Adobe Systems Inc.
Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui

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End Sub
If you have any other concern regarding this issue, please feel free to let me know.
Best regards,
Youjun Tang
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I know that the question sounds confusing. I am new to AS3 but a little dangerous with it.
The project
I'm putting together a website tour with has a main .fla with navigation buttons. The navigation buttons load external .swfs using X and Y properties. Every external .swf houses a scrubber bar, play pause buttons which calls to a movie clip which houses the animation.
The problem:
Everything was working great, until someone mentioned "Hey, what if at the end of each loaded external .swf, a button appears that says "go to next section".
So basically we are trying to give the user another way to get to the next section in the left hand navigation once the animation ends, in addition to being able to click in the left hand navigation for the next section. It's kind of like when a youTube video ends and it displays a button to go to the next movie that's in line, but you can also do it in the thumnail navigation as well.
Ok, let's try it. Well, after many nights, searching the web and trying everything I am waving the white flag. I went through the lynda.com book over and over but I get an error message when I add code related to the parent timeline. I can actually get the next section to load on top of the previously loaded .swf, but it's buggy and I think the previous section is showing through underneath. Plus the scrubber isn't really working right. Since every .swf has a scrubber to control it, shouldn't it just load on top of the previous .swf? Do I need to add coding related to the parent timeline?
I don't know if I should paste my code here, I have a sample .fla too. Help is so greatly appreciated!!!! If this can work, I think it would be very useful for anyone else doing something like this - I would definitely share any knowledge gained!
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Jen

If you want to utilize that code as a starting point (hopefully you understand what it does, and that the code actually works), then you need to modify it such that the array at the start has your filenames instead of the three it now shows, and the three buttons it uses are changed to the next and previous buttons you intend to use. Here are the functions you need to make adjustments to...
function onCompletePreloading():void {
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        prev_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
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            if(_loadedSWFs == -1){
                   _loadedSWFs = _swfClipsArr.length-1;
        _swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[_loadedSWFs];
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OK, so I have been modifying the Adobe AS3 videogallery for my site. It got just about everything working but fullscreen.
1) The HTML is set to enable fullscreen
2) The playback component is the newest version
3) The Flashplayer is version 10+
So when you click on any of the videos in the menu it loads into the side panel and plays as it should. But when you click on the fullscreen button it goes into fullscreen mode, but only displays the first frame of my last video in the menu. That's all it does, really weird!
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I hope that you could really help with this one.. I have a deadline tomorrow..
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YSONG

Load and unload external swf

I'm simply trying to load external .swfs at different stages
within my flash movie, as selected by the user.
The problem i'm having is that once a .swf is loaded it stays
loaded. I would like it to disappear when the user navigates to a
different part of the main flash movie.
Here's what i'm using:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1);
container.loadMovie("EXTERNALMOVIE.swf");
container._x = container._y = 50 ;
Help much appreciated!

Obviously this went unanswered due to the easy way of using the loader component.
So simple !
RDemtl

How to load and unload Multiple External SWF

hello there,
i need help to figuring out how to load and also unload(removing) multiple external SWF.
so here is what i;m trying to do,
i want to load multiple external SWF and play it on my main SWF now i hove no problem with just loading multiple SWF and placing it in the display list .The problem came up when i tried removing those loaded SWF from the display list ,The problem exist because i have no way to refer to what i have loaded and placed on the display list,
i used a single loader instance to load all that external swf,
i do know that we have to remove all the event listener related to the external SWF that we want to remove and for this purpose i have crated a function called destroy which the main objective for this function is to remove all event listener inside the swf and also isolating all variable so it would be eligible for garbage collecting, here is what the code look like:
// Create this in every object you use
public function destroy():void
     // Remove event listeners
     // Remove anything in the display list
     // Clear the references to other objects, so it gets totally isolated
sorry it just a kind of pseudocode cause this function will customize with it's own property i did this just for the purpose of simplicity and easy understanding..,
so now back to main problem how should i solve this problem??
i tried used an arraf to save all the loaded swf
     the array is just used to save the what the loader is loading but the adding to display method is using
movieClipActAsContainer.addChild(e.target.content); //the event is from the Event.COMPLETE
but i have a hard time using that arrya back and matching it to the one i got from the display list.
please do help me,
any suggestion would be greatly appreciated,
and if can pleas show me a source code or pseudocode of what you're suggesting to me cause my english is not so fluent yet,
thanks before.

Hey EI,
I had done this kind of project recently and for loading and unloading different swfs. I had used loaders specific to that filename and for removing I had used a single movieclip instance name and on clicking that specific loader request name that needs to be removed will be requested from the specific function. As mentioned below
Loading SWF:
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swfLoaderIndia.load(swfRequestIndia);//This will load the request
If you are inside a movieclip while requesting use below code
MovieClip(this.root).addChild(swfLoaderIndia);//This will load swf on stage
or else
Stage.addChild(swfLoaderIndia);
Unloading SWF
=====================================
If you are inside a movieclip while requesting use below code
MovieClip(this.root).removeChild(swfLoaderIndia);//This will unload swf on stage
or else
Stage.removeChild(swfLoaderIndia);
Above code will be in specific function which will be requested when the loading and unloading is required.
I hope this helps you in your project.
With Regards,
Sagar S. Ranpise

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