SWFLoader : stop/ pause / play features ?

Question

hi,
I am using the SWFLoader component to play Flash files (with SWF extension).
<mx:SWFLoader id="animation_toto" x="24" y="36" source= "toto.swf" autoLoad="true" width="657" height="164"/>
I am able to control the start of the animation with the load() method.
animation_toto.load();
However, I do not see stop / pause methods to stop / pause the animation.
(But they exist in the VideoDisplay component.)
How do i do that ? Is there a way ?
Thanks a lot for helping.

Answer 1

Hello Zen,
Thanks for the RecursiveStop() function tip. I tried this out in my Flex application where I have to play one movie clip after another but without success. Here is the scenario: I am using a SWFLoader class on the main application form and have set a swf path. On application initialization, I call the stop() method to the MovieClip that is loaded in my SWFLoader object.
MovieClip(Application.application.mySwfLoader.content).stop(); // THIS WORKS
Later on click of a button, I dynamically store the paths of the swf files that I want to play one after another into an ArrayCollection and call a function to play the first item in the ArrayCollection.
myArrayCollection.addItem("assets/beginning_swfs/0114INSTR.swf");
myArrayCollection.addItem("assets/beginning_swfs/0111INSTR.swf");
myArrayCollection.addItem("assets/beginning_swfs/0201INSTR.swf");
myArrayCollection.addItem("assets/beginning_swfs/0202INSTR.swf");
setTimeout(PlayMovieClip, 1000);
In the PlayMovieClip() function, I set the path of the first item (swf file) as the source of the SWFLoader object in my application, again assign the content of the SWFLoader object to a MovieClip object and add an eventlistener - Event.ENTER_FRAME along with the method checkFrame() that will be invoked when the EVENT_FRAME event is raised. After this I call the MovieClip.play() function.
if (myArrayCollection.length == 0)
return;
path=String(myArrayCollection.getItemAt(0));
trace("Starting movie: " + String(myArrayCollection.getItemAt(0)));
Application.application.mySwfLoader.source = path;
flashMovie=Application.application.mySwfLoader.content as MovieClip
flashMovie.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
flashMovie.play();
Now once in the checkFrame() method, I determine if the end of the MovieClip has been reached. Stop the movie if the end frame has been reached.
if (event.target.currentFrame == event.target.totalFrames)
     trace("Stopping movie: " + String(myArrayCollection.getItemAt(0)));
     // stop the movie, call the RecursiveStop function.
     RecursiveStop(MovieClip(event.target)); //event.target cast to MovieClip
     event.target.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFrame);
     // Check if the array has elements in it.
     if (myArrayCollection.length != 0)
          // Remove the top most one.
          myArrayCollection.removeItemAt(0);
     // Check if there are more items in the array.
     if (myArrayCollection.length != 0)
          // Play the next file
          PlayMovieClip();
I expect the MovieClip files (SWF) to play one after another but there is an overlap and the movies do not stop playing.
Any help pointing what I am doing wrong or a push in the right direction is highly appreciated. I've spent at least 3 days now trying to solve this issue without success.