I'm using external interface which works a little like local connection except you can have synchronus calls..
I'm using this api/examples : http://www.flashextensions.com/products/flashinterface.php I'm using the flashmaps flash 8 component with flex and although it hasn't been plain sailing it is working. Grant. ----- Original Message ----- From: Yiit_Boyar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Sent: 4/3/07 5:38 PM Subject: [flexcoders] talking to Flash SWF's > hi all; > in one of my projects; i wanted to use some of my old flash 8 projects as > external SWF's. I tried to use SWFLoader but i was not able to extract the > content as a movie clip (so couldn't have control over the loaded swf) > hardly after i realized that the problem is AS2. Then i downloaded Flash 9 > Alpha; and tried to compile my old projects with AS3 but it was so difficult > since _root , _x etc. are disabled and changed in AS3. actually i couldn't > compiled my old codes error free... > > So is there a way to communicate to AS2 SWF's after loading them into flex > dynamically ? what i mean by control is : > =listen swf's events > =control the movieclip (play stop etc) > =call swf's functions... > > if the answer is no; so sorry for those dying projects :( . > thanks... > > yigit > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels > in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
