Loader Class access .swf content

Hi!
I am having trouble accessing a MovieClip from a .swf file
that I load in my main movie.
I use a code similar to the one bellow, and
myMovieClip is a MovieClip placed directly on the stage of
my .swf file.
I would apreciate a little help on this.
Thank you!

Thanks, AlbertG! I did, indeed, do that, but it didn`t
work...
It gave me an error that I was trying to access a proprety of
loader that didn`t exist. But the way to get around it is(at
least it worked for me):

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- Why is loadBytes() not allowed on iOS? I have the raw embedded data in memory. I don't need to make a remote call so security should not be an issue. Can I create a MovieClip without using Loader?
- Why is AS3 stripped from the timeline when a Symbol is retrieved using [embed]? Maybe this is the same reason loadBytes() fails, but if I could use [embed] and get a copy of the Symbol, that is what I need. (There are issues with the mx.core.MovieClipLoaderAsset/Asset, but it is better than being blocked by loadBytes())
- What are some apps you guys have written that we can use to compare PC vs iOS? Again, a "tech demo" or sample code of what you as experts in Packager for iOS have done which runs at decent framerate (30+fps) would be of tremendous help. If the Adobe/Flash group hasn't gotten the current Packager for iOS to handle more than 50+ 2D Bitmaps on screen running at 30+fps, that would be good to know. Please let us know what the experts and owners of your software are capable of getting the most throughput using the Packager. I'd hate to sound a bit fed up/angry, but I think you are wasting a lot of people's time and energy with a piece of software that, to me, seems like it was a bit early to release. Flash can do some great things. If it can do it on iOS, even better. But PROVE it to us that it's possible, before having your customers run into barriers imposed on us by trial and error.
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
Back to your main point, loaders are working, what isn't working for you is accessing of things in the library of a successfully loaded swf, that have been set to Export for ActionScript. That means that the swf you have loaded has an ActionScript Class, to represent the library symbol. iOS Flash apps are native ARM code, and don't include the virtual machines that a browser plugin has, and so it's not able to interpret ActionScript. That may be why it would fail.
Now, I can think of at least a couple of reasons why you might want to have external swfs with elements that you want to reuse in the main swf. One would be if you're intending to make a lot of them, like say if you wanted to have an Asteroids game and the ability to use artwork from a set of different swfs. Another reason might be if you want to skin your interface, by taking specific elements from the loaded swf and using them in the main swf. That way you could have artists preparing those swfs for you, and you just include them in your package, and load the one you want.
There is a way to do either of those things. The second one can be done by having the item as a named symbol on the stage of the loaded swf. With a to-be-loaded swf named "inner.swf", that has a movieclip on its stage named "mc1", this script in the main swf would load that external swf and use its symbol on the main swf's stage, without having to make the inner swf's symbol use ActionScript:
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("inner.swf");
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loaded);
ldr.load(req);
function loaded(e:Event) {
var mc:MovieClip = e.target.content as MovieClip;
var innermc:* = mc.mc1;
innermc.x = 50;
innermc.y = 50;
addChild(innermc);
For the other case, you can take the item off the stage of the loaded swf and draw it into a bitmapdata, and then make as many bitmaps from that as you like. Here's the above example, only it adds the original movieclip to the main swf stage, and also creates a bitmap that looks the same:
var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("inner.swf");
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loaded);
ldr.load(req);
function loaded(e:Event) {
var mc:MovieClip = e.target.content as MovieClip;
var innermc:* = mc.mc1;
innermc.x = 50;
innermc.y = 50;
addChild(innermc);
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(innermc.width,innermc.height);
bmd.draw(innermc);
var bm:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmd);
bm.x = 150;
bm.y = 150;
addChild(bm);
So, the thing to learn is that a native ARM code application does not have an ActionScript interpreter in it, and if you need to do something that normally requires interpreting ActionScript, find another way to do it.

How can I load an external SWF into a movie clip that's inside other movie clip?

Hi.
I creating my first flash (actionscript 3.0) website but I'm
stuck with a visual effect I want to create.
I have a window on my website called contentWindow. Every
time you click a button this window is supposed to leave the stage,
load the requested content and return to the stage.
The sliding window is a movie clip with 83 frames, 21 to
enter the stage, 21 to leave the stage again, 20 for nothing (its
just to simulate the loading time) and 21 to return to the stage.
Now my goal is, when the user clicks on a navigation button,
the window exits the stage, loads an external SWF with the content,
and then returns to the stage.
I've the "window" movie clip with an instance name of
"contentWindow". Inside there is another movie clip with an
instance name of "contentLoader". The content that the user
requested should appear inside the "contentLoader".
Now, when the contentWindow leaves the stage, I get this
error message:
quote:
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of
a null object reference.
at rwd_fla::MainTimeline/trigger()
If I switch
"contentWindow.contentLoader.addChild(navLoader);" for
"contentWindow.addChild(navLoader);" it works fine, but the
external SWF doesn't move with the window.
How can I load an external SWF into a movie clip that's
inside other movie clip?

Hi,
Recently, I have been putting together a flash presentation.
And I am just wondering if the following might help you, in your
communication with the said swf file:
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
onComplete);
function onComplete(event:Event):void
event.target.content.thinggy_mc.y -= 100;
Not the best example, but this allows you to target a mc
within an external swf file. I think if you look up this code, you
will have an answer ;)
Kind Regards,
Boxing Boom

Error 2032 loading xml from swf

Hello everyone.
I have a php site (based on Joomla! CMS). In one php page, there is a <object> element wich loads the Adobe Flex 1.5 swf file that I have developed (Slideshow.swf). This swf file is a slideshow that loads a xml file using a httpservice. The xml file contains the urls to the images to be shown. The error occurs when thw swf file tries to load the xml file, but not always.
- SITUATION 1: Visiting http://localhost/Slideshow.html or http://localhost/Slideshow.swf
The html and the swf are the files generated by Adobe Flex builder.
Navigators: IE 8, Mozila Firefox 3.5.5
   --> Yes, it works!!
- SITUATION 2: Visiting http://mydomaing.com/folder1/folder2/Slideshow.html or http://mydomaing.com/folder1/folder2/Slideshow.swf
The html and the swf are the files generated by Adobe Flex builder.
Navigators:
     IE 8 --> Yes, it works!!
     Mozila Firefox 3.5.5   --> I don't get Error 2032, but the images can't be found. This is another problem...
- SITUATION 3: Visiting http://mydomain.com
Navigators: IE 8, Mozila Firefox 3.5.5
--> No, it doesnt' work!! I get Error 2032!!
The whole page loads. The swf loads, but when the swf tries to load the xml file, the fault event is throwed. Then I use an Alert.show. I'll give you as much information as I can:
ERROR MESSAGE (FOR SITUATION 3)
Message: faultCode:Server.Error.Request faultString:'HTTP request error' faultDetail:'Error: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032"]. URL: ./slideshowGallery.xml'
Name: Error
Root cause: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032"]
Error ID: 0
Fault code: Server.Error.Request
Fault detail: Error: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032"]. URL: ./slideshowGallery.xml
Fault string: HTTP request error
FLEX CODE
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="init();"
The init method:
private
function init():void{
httpService.send();
The httpservice element:
<mx:HTTPServiceid="httpService"url="
./slideshowGallery.xml"resultFormat="
e4x"fault="httpService_fault(event);"
result="httpService_result(event)"
/>
I think the handlers don't care. In SITUATION 3, the send() invocation always triggers the fault handler.
The xml file is in the same folder as the swf file (I use ./slideshowGallery.xml for the url field of the httpservice element).
This is the html code generated by the php page of my site:
<div id="ol-flashheader">
<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/templates/mx_joofree2/images/header.swf" width="700" height="240">
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="movie" value="/templates/mx_joofree2/images/header.swf" />
</object>
</div>
Note: header.swf is my Slideshow.swf renamed.
Ah, I have also a cross-domain policy file: http://mydomain.com/crossdomain.xml. And the following is curious. The content is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy
SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain=www.mydomain.com />
<allow-access-from domain="mydomain.com" />
<allow-access-from domain="*.mydomain.com" />
</cross-domain-policy>
But when i visit http://mydomain.com/crossdomain.xml with IE 8 what i see is:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy
SYSTEM "http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd">
<cross-domain-policy>
<allow-access-from domain=www.mydomain.com secure="true"/>
<allow-access-from domain="mydomain.com" secure="true"/>
<allow-access-from domain="*.mydomain.com" secure="true"/>
</cross-domain-policy>
But, when i visit that url with Firefox... correct, It doesn't adds the secure="true" attributes!! jajaja
Please, I need some advise to solve this problem.
Thank you very much.
When I visit the web page (www.mydomain.com) and the swf tries to load

I haven't found the solution yet, but i can give more info:
I have modified the crossdomain.xml file to set secure="false". This way, when you view it with Internet Explorer, you can see secure="false" instead of secure="true". But this didn't solve the problem.
I have read somewhere that avoiding Internet Explorer to cache files, could help. So, I have added the next line to the <header> section of the php page that contains the <object> tag that loads sthe swf file:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
This didn't solve the problem.
Regards.

Loading an AS2 Swf into an AS3 project

I have a need to be able to load legacy AS2 SWF's into a new
AS3 project. I know that this is not readily possible, because you
can only communicate between the two via the LocalConnection class.
So, what I have done is to create an AS2 proxy SWF. This SWF will
handle the loading of all legacy SWF's and act as a middleman to
pass the function calls between the pre-compiled SWF and the new
SWF using the LocalConnection class. The new SWF also needs to be
able to load AS3 SWF's, though.
Because of this, I have the need to detect the AS version of
the loaded SWF. If 1 or 2, then change the source to the
AS2Proxy.swf, if 3 then simply load it.
I have written the following code. My problem comes in when
the init event fires. Regardless of the compiled version of the
loaded SWF, it always traces 3 as the AS version.

Alright, I solved this problem, only to come up with many
more.
To solve this problem, I needed to point to the loaderInfo
object of the UILoader's content. So:
simulation.content.loaderInfo.actionScriptVersion.
Now the proxy loads correctly, but I start getting errors
immediately. Let me paste some code to show the next steps:
First off. I immediately receive a StatusEvent error, though
the path gets sent into the proxy and loads correctly.
Next, when the complete event fires in the AS2 SWF - it sends
a completion back up to let the AS3 SWF know that it finished (and
any handling that needs to happen at that point.) I receive the
following error:
Error #2044: Unhandled AsyncErrorEvent:. text=Error #2095:
flash.net.LocalConnection was unable to invoke callback loadSwf.
error=ReferenceError: Error #1069: Property loadSwf not found on
com.applied.flash.events.AS2Connect and there is no default
value.

Remove / unload external swf file(s) from the main flash file and load a new swf file and garbage collection from memory.

I can't seem to remove / unload the external swf files e.g when the carousel.swf (portfolio) is displayed and I press the about button the about content is overlapping the carousel (portfolio) . How can I remove / unload an external swf file from the main flash file and load a new swf file, while at the same time removing garbage collection from memory?
This is the error message(s) I am receiving: "TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild()
at index_fla::MainTimeline/Down3()"
import nl.demonsters.debugger.MonsterDebugger;
var d:MonsterDebugger=new MonsterDebugger(this);
stage.scaleMode=StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align=StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);
// loader is the loader for portfolio page swf
var loader:Loader;
var loader2:Loader;
var loader3:Loader;
var loader1:Loader;
// resize content
function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
    // resizes portfolio page to center
loader.x = (stage.stageWidth - loader.width) * .5;
loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - loader.height) * .5;
// resizes about page to center
loader3.x = (stage.stageWidth - 482) * .5 - 260;
loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
/*loader2.x = (stage.stageWidth - 658.65) * .5;
loader2.y = (stage.stageHeight - 551.45) * .5;*/
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame,false, 0, true);
function onEnterFrame(ev:Event):void {
var requesterb:URLRequest=new URLRequest("carouselLoader.swf");
loader = null;
loader = new Loader();
loader.name ="carousel1"
//adds gallery.swf to stage at begining of movie
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(event);
try {
loader.load(requesterb);
} catch (error:SecurityError) {
trace(error);
addChild(loader);
loader.x = (stage.stageWidth - 739) * .5;
loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - 500) * .5;
// stop gallery.swf from duplication over and over again on enter frame
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, onEnterFrame);
//PORTFOLIO BUTTON
//adds eventlistner so that gallery.swf can be loaded
MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
function Down(event:MouseEvent):void {
// re adds listener for contact.swf and about.swf
MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
//unloads gallery.swf from enter frame if users presses portfolio button in nav
var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("carouselLoader.swf");
    loader = null;
loader = new Loader();
loader.name ="carousel"
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(event);
try {
loader.load(requester);
} catch (error:SecurityError) {
trace(error);
addChild(loader);
loader.x = (stage.stageWidth - 739) * .5;
loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - 500) * .5;
removeChild( getChildByName("about") );
removeChild( getChildByName("carousel1") );
// remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of gallery.swf
MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down);
//INFORMATION BUTTON
//adds eventlistner so that info.swf can be loaded
MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
function Down1(event:MouseEvent):void {
//this re-adds the EventListener for portfolio so that end user can view again if they wish.
MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("contactLoader.swf");
loader2 = null;
loader2 = new Loader();
loader2.name ="contact"
loader2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(event);
try {
loader2.load(requester);
} catch (error:SecurityError) {
trace(error);
addChild(loader2);
loader2.x = (stage.stageWidth - 658.65) * .5;
loader2.y = (stage.stageHeight - 551.45) * .5;
// remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
MovieClip(root).nav.info.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1);
//ABOUT BUTTON
//adds eventlistner so that info.swf can be loaded
MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
function Down3(event:MouseEvent):void {
//this re-adds the EventListener for portfolio so that end user can view again if they wish.
MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("aboutLoader.swf");
loader3 = null;
loader3 = new Loader();
loader3.name ="about"
loader3.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
trace(event);
try {
loader3.load(requester);
} catch (error:SecurityError) {
trace(error);
addChild(loader3);
loader3.x = (stage.stageWidth - 482) * .5 - 260;
loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
removeChild( getChildByName("carousel") );
removeChild( getChildByName("carousel1") );
// remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
MovieClip(root).nav.about.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3);
stop();

Andrei1,
Thank you for the helpful advice. I made the changes as you suggested but I am receiving a #1009 error message even though my site is working the way I wan it to work. I would still like to fix the errors so that my site runs and error free. This is the error I am receiving:
"TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference."
I'm sure this is not the best method to unload loaders and I am guessing this is why I am receiving the following error message.
     loader.unload();
     loader2.unload();
     loader3.unload();
I also tried creating a function to unload the loader but received the same error message and my portfolio swf was not showing at all.
     function killLoad():void{
     try { loader.close(); loader2.close; loader3.close;} catch (e:*) {}
     loader.unload(); loader2.unload(); loader3.unload();
I have a question regarding suggestion you made to set Mouse Event to "null". What does this do setting the MouseEvent do exactly? Also, since I've set the MouseEvent to null do I also have to set the loader to null? e.g.
---- Here is my updated code ----
// variable for external loaders
var loader:Loader;
var loader1:Loader;
var loader2:Loader;
var loader3:Loader;
// makes borders resize with browser size
function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
// resizes portfolio page to center
     loader.x = (stage.stageWidth - loader.width) * .5;
     loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - loader.height) * .5;
// resizes about page to center
     loader3.x = (stage.stageWidth - 482) * .5 - 260;
     loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
//adds gallery.swf to stage at begining of moviie
     Down();
//PORTFOLIO BUTTON
//adds eventlistner so that gallery.swf can be loaded
     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
function Down(event:MouseEvent = null):void {
// re adds listener for contact.swf and about.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
//unloads gallery.swf from enter frame if users presses portfolio button in nav
     var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("carouselLoader.swf");
     loader = new Loader();
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
     trace(event);
     try {
     loader.load(requester);
     } catch (error:SecurityError) {
     trace(error);
     this.addChild(loader);
     loader.x = (stage.stageWidth - 739) * .5;
     loader.y = (stage.stageHeight - 500) * .5;
// sure this is not the best way to do this - but it is unload external swfs
     loader.unload();
     loader2.unload();
     loader3.unload();
// remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of gallery.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down);
//INFORMATION BUTTON
     //adds eventlistner so that info.swf can be loaded
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
     function Down1(event:MouseEvent = null):void {
     //this re-adds the EventListener for portfolio so that end user can view again if they wish.
     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
     var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("contactLoader.swf");
     loader2 = null;
     loader2 = new Loader();
     loader2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
     trace(event);
     try {
     loader2.load(requester);
}      catch (error:SecurityError) {
     trace(error);
     addChild(loader2);
     loader2.x = (stage.stageWidth - 658.65) * .5;
     loader2.y = (stage.stageHeight - 551.45) * .5;
loader.unload();
loader2.unload();
loader3.unload();
     // remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1);
//ABOUT BUTTON
     //adds eventlistner so that info.swf can be loaded
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3, false, 0, true);
     function Down3(event:MouseEvent = null):void {
     //this re-adds the EventListener for portfolio so that end user can view again if they wish.
     MovieClip(root).nav.portfolio.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down, false, 0, true);
     MovieClip(root).nav.info.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down1, false, 0, true);
     var requester:URLRequest=new URLRequest("aboutLoader.swf");
     loader3 = null;
     loader3 = new Loader();
     loader3.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioError);
     function ioError(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
     trace(event);
     try {
     loader3.load(requester);
}      catch (error:SecurityError) {
     trace(error);
     addChild(loader3);
     loader3.x = (stage.stageWidth - 482) * .5 - 260;
     loader3.y = (stage.stageHeight - 492) * .5 - 140;
     loader.unload();
     loader2.unload();
     loader3.unload();
     // remove eventlistner and prevents duplication of info.swf
     MovieClip(root).nav.about.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, Down3);
     stop();

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I am building a SWF and the goal is to load in an external SWF file and then display that within my container. They are totally unrelated items and I do not want to modify the functionality of the item I am loading in. My SWF will briefly display a watermark overlay, but then disappear. Can anyone guide me into this best way of doing this?
Also, is there anyway to get the properties from the SWF I loaded in (namely height and width) so I might be able to easily adjust the size of my SWF to match?
Thanks!

just load your external swf using the loader class. what you described doing is standard stuff and nothing special needs to be done.
however, you must wait until loading is complete before you can access the loaded object's width and height.

Accessing Jar contents

Hi everyone,
I'm sorry to ask such a dumb question, but I'm still e newbie with Java.
Ok here goes:
How can I access the contents of a Jar file, for example images in a package, like:
com.mypackage.images ----> images that I need to access.
I used the example of images for simplicity but the contents of the jar file could be anything, like database drivers, or other classes.
Thank you in advance.
Chris

It's really quite easy; if your entire application is in the same jar-file it will be just as if you weren't using jars at all. To use classes in a different jar-file, that jar-file just has to be put in the classpath-variable, and all the classes inside will be accessible.
Not sure what you meant about the images - if you were talking about a class named images, a package or actual images to be loaded. In the latter case, there are a few differences from otside of a jar-file:
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Image img1 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("nameOfImage.png");
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