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xmlactionscript-3flash
coner
coner

Reputation: 270

Pass variable via URLRequest

I am displaying external swf in an other swf. I read XML file that keeps external swf path. At some point I need the result of a function in the external one. So is it possible to pass the result and fetch it over URLRequest?

Here is the code:

var contentLoader:Loader;
var context:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext();        
contentLoader = new Loader();       
contentLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, contentLoadingCompleteActions);
contentLoader.load(new URLRequest(url), context);

url comes from XML parser as I said before. I want to load the swf and also get the selected variable if possible.

A (main swf) - imports swf via URLRequest

B (imported swf) - has to send a value to A

Upvotes: 0

Views: 56

Answers (1)

Andrey Popov
Andrey Popov

Reputation: 7510

You can surely "communicate" between those two files. First, loader.contentLoaderInfo.content is your actual loaded swf file. So you can call methods on it - either on the assigned class or on Timeline (not good). This way you can access properties or even functions:

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, contentLoadingCompleteActions);
loader.load(new URLRequest(url), context);

function contentLoadingCompleteActions(event:Event) {
    // event.target is your loader
    var swf = event.target.content as MovieClip; // or even cast to document class!
    swf.getVariable(); // call method / get result
}

The same goes from the loaded swf - it can access it's parent AFTER it is added to stage (so it can have parent):

var parentObject:MovieClip = parent.parent as MovieClip; // or cast to document class
parentObject.callParentMethod();

You can cast to different classes (Object, Class, whatever you want) in order to communicate between them.

Upvotes: 1

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