Hi Andrew, i've put a sample together at: http://www.objectpainters.com/downloads/runtimesharinghack.zip
user/pass is blog/blog There are 2 demos, the first of how you probably do it at the moment, you load a sub into main and try to attach a clip from main to sub. The sample shows that doesnt work by default. The second sample added a couple of things: -main exports a hack_clip at main.swf for runtime sharing. -sub imports a hack_clip from main.swf for runtime sharing AND puts it on the stage. If you run the 2nd example you see there is no problem attaching a clip from main to sub, even though the attached clip had nothing to do with runtime sharing, only the hack_clip did. In practice you need to account for a couple things: - runtime library sharing is not without it's own problems, but since you can be sure main.swf is already in the cache by the time sub.swf requires it, you're on the safe side - i've never ever used this hack in a real project, so there is some risk involved in using it (but ain't it spiffy ;)). regards, JC On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Hans Wichman < j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com> wrote: > Hi, > > calling a function in the root that would instantiate the symbol is not > going to work, neither is using reflection to get classes by name. The issue > you are dealing with is that by default flash will only let you attach > clips to a clip from the library from whence it came. > I'll try to whip up a sample up of the runtime share hack. > > greetz > JC > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, jonathan howe > <jonathangh...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Totally forget in AS2, but maybe research getDefinitionByName() - it can >> retrieve a class based on a classname string - and maybe there are some >> comments about AS2 vs. AS3 >> >> -jonathan >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Hans Wichman < >> j.c.wich...@objectpainters.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > I don't remember the exact details, but if I remember correctly there >> are 2 >> > ways: >> > 1. >> > let the child attach the clip at the root, copy its bitmap data and use >> > that >> > to create a clip in its own root, but this will result in static bitmaps >> > only >> > >> > 2. >> > -declare an empty clip with linkage id in the root and export it for >> > runtime >> > sharing >> > -in the child import the clip from the parent for runtime sharing >> > It was one of those hacks, but it's been a long time, so I'm not sure I >> got >> > the steps all right, I might have those files somewhere. >> > >> > Hope that helps! >> > Hans >> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Andrew Sinning < >> and...@learningware.com >> > >wrote: >> > >> > > How would one instantiate a symbol instance linked to the parent >> movie's >> > > library? >> > > >> > > E.g., there's an asset in top most movie's library called "Asset". >> The >> > > presentation engine is a separate swf that gets loaded into the top >> most >> > > movie. From within this movie, using AS2, I need to create an >> instance >> > of >> > > Asset. >> > > >> > > The child swf uses _lockRoot. >> > > >> > > Thanks! >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Flashcoders mailing list >> > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Flashcoders mailing list >> > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> -jonathan howe >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
