Making link to external swf stop

Using flash 8. Inserted a link to a 2:15 second swf on the internet (get URL xxx.swf) at the beginning of my fla file, it plays fine but when the swf is over, how can I make it go away, in order to continue on with my presentation?

This is an onstage presentation so there are no buttons available, just
letting it play through. Doesn't sound favorable. Thanks very much for
your help.
From:
Ned Murphy <[email protected]>
To:
rwcorgis <[email protected]>
Date:
07/16/2012 11:22 AM
Subject:
making link to external swf stop
Re: making link to external swf stop
created by Ned Murphy in ActionScript 1 and 2 - View the full discussion
If you have no control over that external swf there probably is not much
you can do outside of opening it in a separate browser window so that the
window can be closed and your original page is still showing in its
browser window..
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The second swf (the host file that loads the external file) is a file that I let others to embed on their site.
The intresting thing is that when I share the host swf on facebook there is no problem, and I don't even need to add the code for "allowDomain" on the external file.
I it makes a different, I use HTTPS protocol to access to the external swf.
I tried to load the crossdomain.xml file, but it didn't help.
What can I do? the only data I need to get on the external swf is its width and height to scale it to the host file.
Thank you

Thank you.
Now it looks i am getting close but not exacly there.
Everytime I get near something else doesn't work properly.
Now I get the dimension after two things:
I added 'secure="false"' to the https' crossdomain and added LoaderContext to when I load the external event:
context.securityDomain = SecurityDomain.currentDomain;
context.checkPolicyFile = true;
Now you probably ask what's the problem.
well I have no idea why, but it looks like the external swf file I load (which is as2, but I still didn't check if it matters) keeps on jumping between its first frame and second frame ( The swf has two frames). If you having hard time to imaging what I mean, lets say this jumping between frames is really not recommended for people with Epilepsy.
It has a stop() action, but sadly the player doesn't care.
let me remind you that if I only addChild the Loader (without the context) it looks fine, but I need the width and height to resize the swf.
anyone knows what can cause this?
and thx again martinjamesroberts1 for the link, it put me on the right track.

Preloader ignores external swf's actionscript

Hey guys
I have an External.swf file that is a video. The swf is 1135 frames long and running just fine by itself, stopping as I want when the actionscript says stop(); on the first frame and looping the end of the clip with gotoAndPlay(837).
The preloader SwfLoader.swf linked to the External.swf shows the percentage of bytes loaded as it should. However, it runs the video (sound playing in the background) while the preloader shows the loading progress I think it's because it doesn't load the first frame first.
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).
Thank you.
Here is the preloader's actionscript on the first and only frame:
import flash.geom.*
import flash.display.*
var loadurl:String = "External.swf";
var nDepth:Number = 0;
var nWidth:Number = 200;
var nHeight:Number = 20;
var nPadding:Number = 3;
var cLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var oListener:Object = {onLoadInit:onContentLoaded};
var mcLoader:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("Loader_MC", 0);
var mcContent:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("Content_MC", 1);
var mcLoadBarBg:MovieClip = mcLoader.createEmptyMovieClip("LoadBarBg_MC", nDepth++);
var mcLoadBar:MovieClip = null; //Duplicated later with mcLoadBarBg
var txtPercLoad:TextField = null; //Create after duplication
var cMatrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
mcLoader._alpha = 0;
cMatrix.createGradientBox(nWidth, nHeight, 0, nPadding, nPadding);
cLoader.addListener(oListener);
mcLoader.lineStyle(1, 0x000066, 100);
DrawRect(mcLoader, 0, 0, nWidth, nHeight);
mcLoadBarBg.lineStyle(1, 0x0000FF, 0);
mcLoadBarBg.beginGradientFill("linear", [0x006699, 0x0066FF], [100,100], [0, 255], cMatrix, SpreadMethod.PAD);
DrawRect(mcLoadBarBg, 0, 0, nWidth - nPadding*2, nHeight - nPadding*2);
mcLoadBarBg.endFill();
mcLoadBar = mcLoadBarBg.duplicateMovieClip("LoadBar_MC", nDepth++);
txtPercLoad = mcLoader.createTextField("PercLoad_TXT", nDepth++, 0, 0, nWidth, nHeight);
mcLoadBar._alpha = 80;
mcLoadBarBg._alpha = 30;
Translate(mcTextMask, nPadding, nPadding);
Translate(mcLoadBarBg, nPadding, nPadding);
Translate(mcLoadBar, nPadding, nPadding);
mcLoadBar._xscale = 0;
mcContent._alpha = 0;
mcContent._lockroot = true;
mcLoader._x = Stage.width/2 - mcLoader._width/2;
mcLoader._y = Stage.height/2 - mcLoader._height/2;
txtPercLoad._x = mcLoader._width/2 - txtPercLoad._width/2;
txtPercLoad._y = mcLoader._height/2 - txtPercLoad._height/2;
SetTextFormat(txtPercLoad, "0%");
mcLoader._alpha = 100;
cLoader.loadClip(loadurl, mcContent);
_root.onEnterFrame = function()
   var nBytesLoaded:Number = mcContent.getBytesLoaded();
   var nBytesTotal:Number = mcContent.getBytesTotal();
   var nPercLoaded:Number = Math.round(nBytesLoaded / nBytesTotal * 100);
   if(nPercLoaded > 0)
      SetTextFormat(txtPercLoad, nPercLoaded.toString() + "%");
            mcLoadBar._xscale = nPercLoaded;
function onContentLoaded(Void):Void
   //trace(_root + "::onContentLoaded");
   SetTextFormat(txtPercLoad, "100%");
   cLoader.removeListener(oListener);
   delete _root.onEnterFrame;
   delete oListener;
   delete cLoader;
   _root.onEnterFrame = function()
      //trace(_root + "::onContentLoaded::_root.onEnterFrame");
            var nInc:Number = 5;
            mcLoader._alpha -= nInc;
            mcContent._alpha += nInc;
            if(mcLoader._alpha <= 0) startLoadedContent();
function startLoadedContent(Void):Void
   delete _root.onEnterFrame;
   mcLoader.removeMovieClip();
   mcContent._alpha = 100;
   mcContent.play();
function DrawRect(mc:MovieClip, nX:Number, nY:Number, nW:Number, nH:Number, nR:Number)
   trace("DrawRect in: " + mc);
   if(nR == undefined) nR = 6;
   mc.moveTo(nX+nR,nY);
   mc.lineTo(nX+nW-nR,nY);
   mc.curveTo(nX+nW,nY,nX+nW,nY+nR);
   mc.lineTo(nX+nW,nY+nH-nR);
   mc.curveTo(nX+nW,nY+nH,nX+nW-nR,nY+nH);
   mc.lineTo(nX+nR,nY+nH);
   mc.curveTo(nX,nY+nH,nX,nY+nH-nR);
   mc.lineTo(nX,nY+nR);
   mc.curveTo(nX,nY,nX+nR,nY);
function SetTextFormat(txtField:TextField, sText:String)
   var txtFmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
   sText = "Loading... " + sText;
   txtFmt.font = "Verdana";
   txtFmt.align = "center";
   txtFmt.size = 11;
   txtFmt.color = 0x000066;
   txtFmt.bold = true;
   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.

Making link to external swf stop

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