It's possible that because the content property is the root class of the
loaded swf that you have to set the name property of your document class.
parent.swf
Loader.load(child.swf)
child.swf
this.name = "MyName";
Maybe that is what you need to do. I'm going to run a test to find out
Ktu
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Lehr, Theodore
<ted_l...@federal.dell.com>wrote:
> Actually - both ways are giving me the same error:
>
> Error #2078: The name property of a Timeline-placed object cannot be
> modified
>
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> flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Ktu [
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> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Naming a loaded swf
>
> There is no need to cast. The Loader.content property is defined as a
> DisplayObject -
>
> http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/Flash_10.0/flash/display/Loader.html#content
>
> but I should have been more strictly typed.
>
> function onComplete(loadEvent:Event):void {
> var loadedContent:DisplayObject = loadEvent.target.content;
> loadedContent.name = "MyName";
> addChild(loadedContent);
> }
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Glen Pike <g...@engineeredarts.co.uk
> >wrote:
>
> > Cast it to a DisplayObject then give that a name?
> >
> > var obj:DisplayObject = loadEvent.currentTarget as DisplayObject;
> > obj.name = "my instance";
> >
> > ...
> >
> >
> > On 15/06/2010 14:28, Lehr, Theodore wrote:
> >
> >> I am loading a swf via something like:
> >>
> >> var loader:Loader = new Loader();
> >>
> >> function startLoad(dfile:String)
> >> {
> >> var nRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(dfile);
> >>
> loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Evenet.COMPLETE.onComplete);
> >> loader.load(nRequest);
> >> }
> >>
> >> function onComplete(loadEvent:Event):void
> >> {
> >> addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content);
> >> }
> >>
> >> startLoad("some.swf");
> >>
> >> I want to be able to name the swf that gets loaded... right now it is
> just
> >> getting a random name like: instance77
> >>
> >> How can I name it?
> >>
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