Load transparent swf

Hi there.
I have a .swf in which i load html content through xml file.
I want o load this .swf in my main.swf, which i do by creating a container.
I want the loaded .swf to be transparent.
Can i do this?

Using the onEnterFrame that way is incorrect, and for what you are trying to do, it is incorrect and inefficient to use it at all.
My first suggestion would be to manage the alpha value of the bg_mc within the swf file it is in, not externally from the main swf. Just set its alpha to whatever reduced value you intend via the properties panel.
If there is some reason you need to change its alpha from the other swf, then you need to wait until the file is loaded before you can do that. Since you are using the MovieClipLoader finction to load the swf, you are one step closer to being able to detect when the file has loaded. Look up the MovieClipLoader.addListener() method for an example of how to detect when a file has finished loading.

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Hi, thank you for your reply.
I did it, I work now with SWFLoader, but the stage still remains not transparent. Bellow is the mxml code of the loaded swf.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="598" height="200" cornerRadius="20" >
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Will not load transparent SWF

I have problems using an SWF i have made. The SWF is
displayed with an absolute layer above it. This means it must be
set to transparent. This works fine in Safari and Opera, but in
Firefox the SWF will not load at all when the property is set to
transparent. When that property is not set, it works perfectly.
Also, it does not work in IE when loaded from the cache, something
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steviln wrote:
> I have problems using an SWF i have made. The SWF is
displayed with an absolute
> layer above it. This means it must be set to
transparent. This works fine in
> Safari and Opera, but in Firefox the SWF will not load
at all when the property
> is set to transparent. When that property is not set, it
works perfectly. Also,
> it does not work in IE when loaded from the cache,
something I avoid by using a
> random variable from a php script.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I have done wrong? This
is my first SWF file
> compiled with mxmlc, so I may have coded something in a
bad way?
>
Transparency is purely browser end, nothing to do with the
movie.
Could you provide problematic URL? Funny thing tho, this
problem never occurs in IE or Firefox
but more commonly in Safari, while in your case, the other
way round.
Anyway, if possibly, give us the URL so we can check it out
first to find out whether it's
your end or general problem, then will try to go from there.
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

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[SWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\example.swf
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 1920 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\importer.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[SWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf - 441708 bytes after decompression
[UnloadSWF] D:\runtime issue\ example.swf
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Image tag (<img>
The <img> tag lets you embed external JPEG files, SWF
files, and movie clips inside text fields. The <img> tag has
one required attribute, src, which specifies the path to a JPEG
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Thanks - your answer is exactly what I was looking for.
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distorted - is there a way to prevent this? I can set the width and
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a problem when I try and have a component item (like an accordion)
included in the dynamic text field. It works properly, and the
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I presently have a set up where a large SWF file brought on the stage by clicking small icons from the scrollable thumbnail menu on the bottom of the stage. All of it happens at the same frame with .xml loading file.
Here is the code for constructing the ImageLoader(for thumbnails) and SWFLoader for (bigger SWF files)
[CODE]
   function _xmlCompleteHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
   _slides = [];
   var xml:XML = event.target.content; //the XMLLoader's "content" is the XML that was loaded.
   var imageList:XMLList = xml.image; //In the XML, we have <image /> nodes with all the info we need.
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               height:_THUMB_HEIGHT,
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               bgColor:0x000000,
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                scaleMode:"proportionalInside",
                bgColor:0x000000,
                estimatedBytes:820000,
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[/CODE]
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Previously this is what I did to achieve it. I would specify a String:
[CODE]
var sourceVar_ProductsPopUps:String;
[/CODE]
and then all my buttons will have their unique SWF assigned for them which opens at another labeled section ("prdctsPopUps" in this example):
[CODE]
function onClickSumix1PopUp(event:MouseEvent):void {
sourceVar_ProductsPopUps="prdcts_popups/sumix1-popup_tl.swf";
gotoAndPlay("prdctsPopUps");
[/CODE]
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[CODE]
loaderProductPopUps = new SWFLoader(sourceVar_ProductsPopUps,
[/CODE]
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[CODE]
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[/CODE]
and
[CODE]
new SWFLoader(sourceVar_ProductsPopUps,
[/CODE]

Thanks for looking into my issue.
Unfortunatelly I am not so advanced in AS and do not complitely understand the logic of the problem. I will try to decribe my set up more precise.
So, my main flash file is broken into labeled sections on the main time line.
One of the sections is "Applications" It has an animated collage of images. Each image acts as a button and once clicked brings a user to a section called "ApplicationsPopUps".
"ApplicationsPopUps" section has small image thumbnails scroll menu at the bottom of the screen and a large SWFLoader in the middle of the screen. User can click on an image in the thumbnails scroll menu and a corresponding SWF file will load in the middle of the screen in SWFLoader. User can click on left/right navigation buttons and preceeding/following SWF file will load in SWFLoader.
Everything works fine (with your previous help)
Here is the working code for the ImageLoader and SWFLoader (please let me know if you need additional code on the page):
function _xmlCompleteHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {        _slides = [];       var xml:XML = event.target.content; //the XMLLoader's "content" is the XML that was loaded.        var imageList:XMLList = xml.image; //In the XML, we have nodes with all the info we need.        //loop through each node and create a Slide object for each.       for each (var image:XML in imageList) {         _slides.push( new Slide(image.@name,               image.@description,               new ImageLoader("loadingAssets/appThumbnails/slideshow_image scroller greenSock_mine/assets/thumbnails/appThmb_imgs/" + image.@name + ".jpg",               {                    name:image.@name + "Thumb",                    width:_THUMB_WIDTH,                    height:_THUMB_HEIGHT,                    //centerRegistration:true,//messes up the code as places SWFLoader in the upper left corner which is 0,0 coordinates                    //x:260, y:320,//doesn't work here but works in line 69                   scaleMode:"proportionalInside",                    bgColor:0x000000,                    estimatedBytes:13000,                    onFail:_imageFailHandler}),                 new SWFLoader("loadingAssets/appThumbnails/slideshow_image scroller greenSock_mine/assets/images/" + image.@name + ".swf",                   {                     name:image.@name + "Image",                     width:_IMAGE_WIDTH,                     height:_IMAGE_HEIGHT,                     //centerRegistration:true,//messes up the code as places SWFLoader in the upper left corner which is 0,0 coordinates                   x:0, y:144,                     scaleMode:"proportionalInside",                     bgColor:0x000000,                     estimatedBytes:820000,                     onFail:_imageFailHandler})
Thumbnails in the section "ApplicationsPopUps" and images in the image collage in the section "Applications" represent the same photographs. So when a user clicks on one of the images in "Applications" section it would be natural that that image will load in the "ApplicationsPopUps" section. However "ApplicationsPopUps" section presently has a working code (as sampled above) It looks too complex for me and I do not know hot to implement this feature. I do want to keep the functionality of the thumbs image scroller in section "ApplicationsPopUps" as it is now. But I want to add that when a user click on an image from section"Applications" then that particular SWF file will load in SWFLoader in section "ApplicationsPopUps" and then the present functionality can as well be exectuted. Presently it just opens on a first image in xml order.
P.S. I see that you had a download link in your answer. How did you do it? I could also upload a small sample file with my problem. This way you could see all the set up right away.

Loading multiple swfs using air 3.6 for ios

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Loading local swf files from Application Dir (ios)

Hi Guys,
I would like to load additional local swf files to my ios release build but I am confused a little bit because of the new API changes.
As far as I know at the moment (from Air 3.7 or newer) it is allowed to load local swf files that contains compiled actionscript both from local folder and from a predefined remote host as well.
My assumption based on this article:
http://blogs.adobe.com/airodynamics/2013/03/08/external-hosting-of-secondary-swfs-for-air- apps-on-ios/
I created the text file to include all of my local swf file names and created the following node in the application.xml:
<iPhone>
<externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs>
</iPhone>
When I compile the release build (ipa) using command line adt, it converts all of my local swfs into the stripped swfs which is perfect, but even though I include all the swfs in the compiler command, it puts only the SampleSWFInfoFile.txt file into the assets folder in the ipa but not the swf files.
I assume, it thinks I will load these files from an external host, but I would like to include them in the app itself.
I tried to copy the stripped swf files from the externalStrippedSwfs folder and comment the <externalSwfs>assets/SampleSWFInfoFile.txt</externalSwfs> node in the application.xml and compile it and this way it puts the swf files into the ipa, but when I try to install and launch the app it crashes and when I test it using Flash Builder it shows an error message
"VerifyError: Error #1042: Not an ABC file."
Do any of you guys know the solution for this problem?
Thank you for your help in advance!

You're publishing in AOT mode as long as you use one of these:
The AIR Developer Tool or ADT has targets that lets you package apps either for the AOT mode or Interpreter mode. The targets for packaging in AOT mode are ipa-app-store, ipa-ad-hoc, ipa-test and ipa-debug.
Flash Pro CS6 and Flash Builder automate this process pretty well so it's invisible but the SWF loads and executes code just fine for me when directly published.
If I take it to command line I can use this to compile successfully (iPad test app):
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc -storetype pkcs12 -keystore my.p12 -provisioning-profile my.mobileprovision NameOfApp.ipa NameOfApp-app.xml NameOfApp.swf iTunesArtwork iTunesArtwork@2x AppIconsForPublish swfs/swfs.txt swfs/GenerateText.swf
I at least include generic icons in there but I made a 'swfs' folder and placed 'swfs.txt' and 'GenerateText.swf' in there. The SWF uses code to randomly generate text and changes every second using a Timer. I load it in using the same code you do with the ApplicationDomain.currentDomain context. I see the SWF appear and text start randomly changing.
As I compile there's a folder generated called 'externalStrippedSwfs' with the stripped SWF in there.
One thing to note is I do not supply <externalSwfs>swfs/swfs.txt</externalSwfs> in my iPhone settings. If I do that it doesn't work. I supply the path to the text file containing the SWF I want to be stripped to adt itself along with the SWFs I want stripped and it takes care of the rest.

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In our application we are using more than 10 SWFs. While traversing one SWF to other trying to unload currently loaded SWF and loading the new one. We were success to unload the existing SWF but the problem is, taking too much time to load new SWF (more than 5 seconds). Please suggest a useful method to avoid this delay to get better performance.
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Loading external swfs extending from classes in the same shared codebase

Hey there!
I'm currently developing a game in flash and want to be able to divide up my .fla assets in a way that means artists can work on a game menu .fla in isolation from the game.fla and rest of the game code.
If I could briefly explain how I've approached this so far, I would be extremely if people could shout in my general direction and tell me I am stupid, or even better still, give me helpful advice as to where I am going wrong and how I can correct it!
My project is setup like this:
HighScoreMenu.fla -> document class HighScoreMenu extending GameMenu class.
game.fla ->document class game.as
game.as class loads the published HighScoreMenu.swf and manipulates the menu i.e. animates on and off screen via inherited functions in the GameMenu class.
Now this seemed to work to begin with, until my code evolved and upon going to publish my HighScoreMenu.fla flash started complaining about symbols being used in Game.as that were in Game.fla... If I'm only publishing the HighScoreMenu which extends from GameMenu then why is it even looking to compile Game.as?
Can you spot the problem in the way I am doing this, or is there a better approach I should try?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Stevie.

No it doesn't seem to, however though they both have a reference to the HighScoreManager so there is some overlap there between menu and game code, but the menu classes don't reference any symbols on the game.fla...
Just to clarify, I have an fla HighScoreMenu.fla, which has a child symbol HighScoreMenu which uses the following class.
public dynamic class HighScoreMenu extends GameMenu
//convenient storage for competition Manager object
private var _highScoreManager:HighScoreManager;
The game then loads this class as follows:
I load the swf "HighScoreMenu.swf" and once its loaded I obtain the menu class like so:
var cls:Class = Class( applicationDomain.getDefinition("Menus.HighScoreMenu") );
var object:* = new cls();
...and create a new instance of the menu.
Is there anything fundamentally wrong with approaching it in this way?

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I am trying load a font as swf for IOS application.i tried load to it from both application directory and application storage directory.but it always throws the following error.
Fast debuging mode everything works fine.
Air Sdk 3.8
Flash Builder 4.7
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Error 3747: Multiple application domains are not supported on the operating system.
Code i used to load the swf.
var context:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext(false, ApplicationDomain.currentDomain,null);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fontLoadComplete);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
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loader.load(urlReq, context);
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Hi Nimit,
Sorry for late reply.
Actually problem is in my side.I am loading two swfs one with code in side another without code.
I used loader content for only swf containing code inside but both the swfs requires to specify the loader content to same application domain.
Its working fine after set the loader content to both swfs.
sorry for trouble and thanks for the response.
Regards,
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Hi,
I've got a few .swf files with video tutorials I've created using Captivate 4.
I wanted to link them so I've created a main screen with menu with buttons in Flash.
I've added AS to load the external swf files but they load in the same window. How can I load these .swf files in seperate window so that you could get back to the main window after you've finished watching?
Here's my code:
stop();
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
button1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, movie1_1);
function movie1_1(e:MouseEvent):void
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function movie1_1(e:MouseEvent):void
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//I have three buttons on the stage (btn1, btn2, btn3)
when i click the first button swf starts loading
while the swf is loading if i press the 2nd button
the first swf wont stop loading and both the swfs start playing
but if the first swf is fully loaded then every thing workes fine.
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var _contentSWF:ContentSWF
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btn2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick)
btn3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, handleClick)
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        swfLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
    public function removeContent(){
        swfLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swfLoaded);
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    private function swfLoaded(e:Event){
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I have 4 movieclips (_a,_b,_c,_d) when i click each of the movieclip they load a SWF(my_mc)
now when the swf file loades it starts loading a Sound(mp3)
Now when i press another button (_b) while this mp3 is loading
all the methords like Loader.close and loader.unloadAndStop() workes fine but i dont know how dose the MP3 loades and start playing
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this.addEventListener(Event.unload, myfun)
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