We use a vaguely similar method for theming our applications. These are very simple apps which have (as standard) navigation buttons, minimize buttons, settings, help dialogs, exit dialogs etc. All the dialog items, happily, are _above_ (in display depth) the functionality of the main app. So all we've done is to store the graphics for the dialogs and buttons in the library of a seperate .swf (under a set of 'expected' symbol names - set for export, but with no classes specified).
We decide which theme to use at runtime and load the appropriate dialogs.swfinto a layer above the main app. Then when we need to show buttons or dialogs we use attachMovie _within_ the loaded dialogs.swf, but using dynamically assigned classes via Object.register (so that the button/dialog behaviour code is coming from the main movie, not from the loaded swf). So what we get out of that is a library of graphic symbols containing no code that we can attach at runtime and display as needed. Of course, the huge drawback is that all these assets will only display on the one layer - above the main app. Happily that suits our purposes. But clearly isn't ideal. Roll on AS3 - being able to attach assets anywhere in the display chain is a _huge_ benefit. Ian On 12/13/05, Jim Tann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are there any alternatives / workarounds for this issue? I am open to > anyone's ideas / suggestions. I want to house the assets externally & > have a pre loader show progress. This is a sample of what I am trying to > achieve http://www.codesortium.com/demo/swfloader/ each of the swf's > loaded in is a coding framework at the moment but I want to be able to > load assets inside swf's in the same way. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
