I am loading the same bitmap asset using two methods, they should work the same but they don't.
Method 1: Statically link to swc file that contains embedded images. Method 2: Dynamically load swf content that contains embedded images. The actual embedding code for both methods is as follows: [Embed(source="res/test.png")] [Bindable] public var test:Class; Here is the problematic code snippet: ---------------------------------------------------------- // event handler for when external swf finishes to load public function OnExternalSwfLoadComplete(event:Event):void { // InternalResource was the name of the class compiled in the swc var internalResource:Object = new InternalResource(); var externalResource:Object = event.target.content; // get the classes and instantiate var internalClass:Class = internalResource["test"]; var externalClass:Class = externalResource["test"]; var internalAsset:* = new internalClass(); var externalAsset:* = new externalClass(); // Here I test 2 things, what are the super class names, and // whether the instances are of type IFlexDisplayObject var internalIsDisp:Boolean = internalAsset is IFlexDisplayObject; var externalIsDisp:Boolean = externalAsset is IFlexDisplayObject; var internalSuperClass:String = getQualifiedSuperclassName (internalAsset); var externalSuperClass:String = getQualifiedSuperclassName (externalAsset ); ---------------------------------------------------------- The results are that both assets have type mx.core::BitmapAsset. However internalIsDisp is true while externalIsDisp is false!! Questions: 1) Shouldn't this be impossible according to as3 language? 2) What can I do to change the externally loaded resource to behave like the statically linked one. Currently if I use the externally loaded resource I crash in the flex framework in places such as setStyle for example where it is expecting a IFlexDisplayObject. 3) Am I going about the wrong way externally loading resources? To generate the external swf I am using mxmlc compiler on an .as file that contains a bunch of embedded images. Any help would be greatly appreciated.