if you use URLLoader[1] to load in your avm1 swfs then you can save
the data as a byte array which you would be able to load into a Loader
[2] display object with loadBytes. Everytime you want a duplicate it
just create another Loader object and load the byte array in.
- juan
[1] <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/index.html?flash/net/
URLLoader.html&flash/net/class-list.html>
[2] <http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/2/langref/index.html?flash/
display/Loader.html&flash/display/class-list.html>
On Apr 28, 2007, at 8:39 AM, ben gomez farrell wrote:
Thanks! I can't make my sprite into a bitmap, cause it needs to
scale big or small after duplication. Even if it wasn't the alpha
preview and I was just making simple graphic assets in Flash 8 to
use in Flash player 9, isn't there some way to duplicate a loaded
AVM1Movie?
thanks!
ben
Muzak wrote:
Personally I wouldn't try mixing the Alpha Preview with Flex.
It's not feature complete and certain things will be quite
different in FCS3.
For instance there's the "Flex Component Kit for FCS3" that makes
Flex/Flash integration ALOT easier:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Component_Kit_for_Flash_CS3
AFAIK, there's no easy way to make copies of loaded swf's.
If they're nothing more than simple graphics, I'd say the easiest
way to make copies is to use the BitmapData class.
Here's an example (using mxml), where I'm loading a Flash 8 swf
containing a simple graphic (bitmap) on stage.
The swf is loaded into an Image component. Once loaded, the Image
content (AVM1Movie) is copied.
Then the new BitmapData is set as the source of another Image
component.
You should be able to do the same in AS3 with the Loader class
instead of an Image component.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
layout="absolute">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private function swfCompleteHandler(evt:Event):void {
trace("Application ::: swfCompleteHandler");
trace(evt.currentTarget.content);
var t:Image = evt.currentTarget as Image
var c:AVM1Movie = t.content as AVM1Movie;
trace(" - content width: "+t.content.width);
trace(" - content height: "+t.content.height);
//
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(t.contentWidth,
t.contentHeight);
// or
//var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(c.width, c.height);
bmd.draw(c as IBitmapDrawable);
swfCopy_img.source = new Bitmap(bmd);
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:VBox>
<mx:Image source="f8_movie.swf" scaleContent="false"
complete="swfCompleteHandler(event)" />
<mx:Image id="swfCopy_img" />
</mx:VBox>
</mx:Application>
regards,
Muzak
----- Original Message ----- From: "ben gomez farrell"
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Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:32 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Duplicating a movieclip/sprite in AS3
Hey everyone,
I can't seem to figure out how to duplicate a sprite in AS3.
Thanks to various tutorials online, I got so far as to take the
constructor of the sprite I want to duplicate and instantiate a
new one.
var targetClass:Class = (stamp as Object).constructor;
mStamp = new targetClass() as Sprite;
This works in normal situations. However, the sprite I'm getting
are SWF's loaded at runtime. If I trace a normal asset's
constructor it will trace as [Object myasset], but no matter what
I do, my externally loaded SWF's constructors all trace as
[Object MovieClip] or [Object AVM1Movie].
So of course creating a new instance of the constructor will
result in a blank, fresh-made movieclip.
Basically my external SWFs are just some graphics on stage in one
frame. I've tried setting the document class, and publishing as
Flash 8, 9, Actionscript 2, Actionscript 3, and nothing changes.
I'm not using Flash CS3 yet, just the AS3 Alpha for making
assets and then compiling with Flex 2 SDK.
Anyone?
Thanks!
ben
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