Thanks Adrian! that will do the trick.
In the meantime, I also found another way, not as elegant as yours
//inside the fla
var myParent = loaderInfo.loader.parent.parent;
myParent.doSomething('do it');
thanks again
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From: Adrian Williams <adri...@familytreedna.com>
To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:45:30 PM
Subject: Re: [flexcoders] calling a function from swf
This is pretty straightforward. We do a lot of this in our dashboard app where
we have a function called registerSWF( ). This helps us keep tabs on all the
swf objects that are loaded on the dash.
private var registeredSWF: ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection( );
public function registerSWF( swf:Object) :void
{
registeredSWF. addItem(swf) ;
}
Each child swf calls this functions when they load:
application. registerSWF( this);
Then, when we need to access a function from within the child swf, we pull it
from the AC (so we can reference it) and directly call the function:
for each (var swf:Object in registeredSWF)
{
swf.someFunction( vars);
}
Keep in mind that the function in your child swf must be in the public scope or
the parent app cannot see it.
HTH,
Adrian
thibodeau.alain wrote:
Hi all,
I am thinking this is simple, but I cannot find the proper way of doing this.
I have a flex application that loads a swf file. I want to be able to call a
function that is in the flex application from the swf file.
>From my fla I tried calling _root, Application. application, _parent...
Anyone know how I can do this ?
thanks!
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