Script access for loaded SWFs in Flash CS3

In ActionScript 2 I would do the following:
var loader:MovieClipLoader=new MovieClipLoader();
var listener:Object=new Object();
loader.addListener(listener);
listener.onLoadInit=function(m:MovieClip) {
m.something="12345";
loader.loadClip("foo.swf",placeholder);
What is the equivalent for this in ActionScript 3? I can load
a MovieClip with the Loader class, but I don't know how to get or
set one of the variables in the root timeline.

So long as the movie you loaded in is also AS3, you can just
type the name of the loader object and then use dot syntax to grab
the variable. If the loaded movie is AS2, you are a great deal more
limited. I don't think you lose all control 100% over the lodaed
movie but I think it takes leaps and bounds to get at the AS2
vars.

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Accessing a loaded swf

I'm using this code to bring in another swf into a movieClip called "movieLoader":
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movieLoader.addChild(myLoader);
var urlMovie:URLRequest = new URLRequest("movie1.swf");
myLoader.load(urlMovie);
The movie loads just fine, but how do I access it?
I tried:
trace(movieLoader.totalFrames);
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What do I do to access the swf called "movie1.swf" I just brought into that movieClip?

The swf you loaded is inside the Loader. Since you have direct access to that Loader, you don't need to target its content thru the movieLoader mc. But you do have to wait until after the swf is loaded, so you will need to have a listener assigned to the Loader for completion of loading. In that listener's event handler function you can then access the loaded swf using something like...
MovieClip(myLoader.content)
OR
MovieClip(evt.target.content)
if evt is the argument opassed to the handler function

How load swf file (flash 8) with adobe captivate 3 without enter the HTML?

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Hi SaSQuaCh69247,
Issue 1 :- Select the SWF file in library, right click, and
select update.
Issue 2 :- Actually it could be valid for Issue 1 also. It
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like, importing another swf or connecting to server on the first
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AS3 Access a Loaded SWF By Name

Hello All,
In AS3, when an swf is loaded via the Loader class, how do I
access the loaded swf by name? Here is my code:
stop();
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var whichMovie:String = "main.swf";
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loadBar.gotoAndPlay("fadeIn");
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trace("LOADTHEMOVIE");
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and y, how do I go about doing that?
laodedMovieName.x = 50;
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If I cannot find a solution, then I will need to almost
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manually embedding the font from the Properties menu and selecting
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yes, even though you may be using a font from the library,
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Using Loader.loadBytes - specify SecurityDomain for loaded swf?

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The loaded swf is at loader.content, but you can only access
it once the loading has completed and the loader has been added to
the display list. For example, CODE 1 will not work, but CODE 2
will.
//CODE 1
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
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//CODE 2
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ActionScript. It is much better than the Adobe functions and there
is a tutorial at:
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How to manage ApplicationDomain for loaded SWFs across different domains?

I've been getting this following error -- when I'm loading a subsidiary SWF into a main one. The sub swf contains the overlays. OverlayOne is a subclass of Overlay.
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Adobe Scout issue: not starting a new session for loaded SWFs

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I have an index.swf with many buttons which will take the user to landing pages/content/other swfs. On these different buttons I have the script...
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Set X,Y Position for loaded SWF file

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I have been
reading the forum and get seem to find the answer. (Yes I looked at
the AS2 dictionary before I posted.) I'm trying to load an external
SWF into my stage. I have entered X,Y, coordinates, but the
external SWF loads at 0,0 I have attached the code I was trying.
Any help would be appreciated. This code is on the button, should
it be on the timeline? Thanks!

Glad you took that in the good spirit it was offered. After I
posted it I was worried that I sounded too mean. Your new code is a
big improvment IMHO! I've made a few changes and attached that and
I'll go through them with ya.
The first cool thing you did and you might not even be aware
of all of it is that you were using the return type of
createEmptyMovieClip. Whenever you checkout something in the help
files, notice the return type. That tells you that cEMC returns a
reference to the newly created clip. If you capture it and assign
it to a variable you can then use that variable as a
"short cut" of sorts. So even though you named
the new clip roscoe, I'm refering to it as container. Not such a
big deal for this example, but in the future you might attach a
bunch of clips with names/paths like:
myContainer.backgroundArt.button1
myContainer.backgroundArt.button2
etc.
So remember that trick. I've also added a this to the cEMC.
It is a good habit to always prefix methods with an instance of the
class they belong too. For example there might be times when the
scope isn't clear and your clip will not get attached where you
think. Of course using this inside a function is one of those
times! So sometimes I would create a variable called home (outside
of any functions) which refered to my main timeline. Then I could
use home.createEmptyMovieClip() inside pretty much any function or
handler and not worry about where my clip was being created.
Next, setProperty is also the old style. I find it much
easier just to set the property with the assignment operator (that
would be the equal sign) and the dot. So:
setProperty("someObject",someproperty,somevalue)
becomes
someObject.someproperty = somevalue;
I think most people find that easier to read.
I'm not sure, but generally I don't think I would create my
MCL instance inside the onRelease handler. No real reason I could
give for that, except perhaps if you have several buttons and each
one will load a different clip. In that case they could all use the
same loader and you wouldn't need to repeat the code over an over.
Hey! that seems to be a pretty good reason to me.
Finally. The way you handled the onLoadInit will work, but
for some reason it isn't the prefered way. It has never really been
clear to me why, but they prefer to have you create an object, add
your event handlers to the object, and then add the object as a
listener. I've shown you how here.
BTW, if you hadn't figured it out, the onLoadComplete is
pretty useless. Several of the properties, like _width and _height
are not yet available at that event, so you picked the right one
(onLoadInit) if you want to scale the content after it loaded.
Good luck and let me know if you need to figure out something
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Show the code you put in frame 1. I don't think you can do what you say you intend to though. As far as I know you cannot create a new filein the way you explained you intend to. If you load the file dynamically as a separate swf, then you will always need to.

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