[Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the MovieClipLoader). For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash project that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external clip, can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the main project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all in one shot, as opposed to loading them individually. From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is treated as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is this correct? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
RE: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip that is exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in the child swf's library. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of August Gresens Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie Hello Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the MovieClipLoader). For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash project that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external clip, can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the main project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all in one shot, as opposed to loading them individually. >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is treated as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is this correct? Thanks, August ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
this one):
* try to provide some that lets you find in a not ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip that is
exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in the
child swf's library.
Jim
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Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello
Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another
clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
MovieClipLoader).
For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
project
that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
clip,
can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the
main
project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all
in
one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
treated
as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
this
correct?
Thanks,
August
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Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even if I
get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally loaded
swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want to be
able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is starting to
dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
(By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been implemented
the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it difficult to
arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually changing
the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just load an
external library the way we do external clips).
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
this one):
* try to provide some that lets you find in a not ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
> You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
> swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip that is
> exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in the
> child swf's library.
>
> Jim
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of August
> Gresens
> Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>
> Hello
>
> Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside another
> clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
> MovieClipLoader).
>
> For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
> project
> that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
> clip,
> can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the
> main
> project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics all
> in
> one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>
> >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
> treated
> as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
> this
> correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
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Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
if I
get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
loaded
swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
to be
able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
starting to
dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
(By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been implemented
the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
difficult to
arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
changing
the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
load an
external library the way we do external clips).
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
If not, sorry for bothering
If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
/*
* now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
child's instance name the work is done.
* if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
this one):
* try to provide some that lets you find in a not ambiguos
way the desired child mc among other children mcs
*/
var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
for (var i in loadedMovie) {
if(test_code) {
desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
}
}
/*
* so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
* if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
*/
HTH
francesco.p
Jim Tann wrote:
> You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
> swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
that is
> exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in the
> child swf's library.
>
> Jim
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of August
> Gresens
> Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>
> Hello
>
> Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
another
> clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
> MovieClipLoader).
>
> For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
> project
> that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
> clip,
> can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in the
> main
> project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics
all
> in
> one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>
> >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
> treated
> as an independent media element, with no access to it's children. Is
> this
> correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
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Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
> I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
> Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
> if I
> get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
> loaded
> swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
> to be
> able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
> starting to
> dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
>
> (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
implemented
> the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
> difficult to
> arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
> changing
> the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
> load an
> external library the way we do external clips).
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
>
> On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
>> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
>> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
>> If not, sorry for bothering
>> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance name.
>> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
>>
>> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
>>
>> /*
>> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
>> child's instance name the work is done.
>> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better than
>> this one):
>> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not ambiguos
>> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
>> */
>>
>> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
>> if(test_code) {
>>desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
>> * if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
>> */
>>
>> HTH
>> francesco.p
>>
>> Jim Tann wrote:
>> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
>> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
>> that is
>> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
the
>> > child swf's library.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
August
>> > Gresens
>> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
>> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
>> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>> >
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
>> another
>> > clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
>> > MovieClipLoader).
>> >
>> > For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main flash
>> > project
>> > that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this external
>> > clip,
>> > can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips in
the
>> > main
>> > project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these graphics
>> all
>> > in
>> > one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
>> >
>> > >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded clip is
>> > treated
>>
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Hello August,
These all are common doubt indeed, they also made me lots of headaches (and
still do) when I started developing on the flash platform.
The problem is that the way the player works is not obvious (for me at
least). You have to do tricks such as import a clip from the externally
loaded swf to have access to its library DOM through actionscript, for
example (the infamous shared library trick, someone correct-me if I said
something wrong).
And regarding your duplicateMovieClip question. If I understood your case,
you can´t, for example, duplicate movieclip "A" from movieclip "B" TO
movieclip "C", if you would like movieclip "A" to be duplicated into "C",
you would have to call duplicateMovieClip from the context of movieclip "C"
and movieclip "A" would have to be a child of movieclip "C" (again,
corret-me if I´m wrong :P)
Hope this helps,
- Marcelo Serpa.
On 5/5/06, August Gresens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
> Library) into an swf..
>
> but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
> all library items (children mcs):
> - can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
> .fla)
> - are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
> by any other means (e.g. property values)
>
> once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your
project.
> HTH
> francesco
>
>
>
>
> August Gresens wrote:
> > I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
> > Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
> > if I
> > get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
> > loaded
> > swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
> > to be
> > able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
> > starting to
> > dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
> >
> > (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
> implemented
> > the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
> > difficult to
> > arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
> > changing
> > the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
> > load an
> > external library the way we do external clips).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > August
> >
> > On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
> >> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
> >> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
> >> If not, sorry for bothering
> >> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
name.
> >> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
> >>
> >> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
> >> child's instance name the work is done.
> >> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
than
> >> this one):
> >> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not
ambiguos
> >> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
> >> */
> >>
> >> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
> >> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
> >> if(test_code) {
> >>desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
> >> * if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
> >> */
> >>
> >> HTH
> >> francesco.p
> >>
> >> Jim Tann wrote:
> >> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
> >> > swf's library & have it pla
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Provided you know the child-to-copy instance name, that's a workaround:
say you have 2 mcs, one (a) created in your project and one (b) loaded
externally.
say you know the desired b-child instance name (b_child):
//create a copy of the desired child
var b_copy_child:MovieClip =
b_child.duplicateMovieClip("copy",b.getNextHighestDepth());
/*
*then 2 ways:
*a) if you simply want a reference to use in your project, work with
b_copy_child;
*b) if you really want b_child instance to be a child of a,
reference it from within,
* thanks to the fact MovieClip is dynamic:
*/
a.a_child = b_copy_child;
This, unless I'm missing some more-DOM-like AS2 interfaces - and then
I'd love to hear about..
HTH
francesco.p
August Gresens wrote:
Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one
clip
into another clip?
For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
first child of one clip into another?
DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external clip,
into various clips in my project.
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
Library) into an swf..
but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
all library items (children mcs):
- can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the external
.fla)
- are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
by any other means (e.g. property values)
once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your
project.
HTH
francesco
August Gresens wrote:
> I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
> Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
> if I
> get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
> loaded
> swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
> to be
> able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
> starting to
> dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
>
> (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
implemented
> the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
> difficult to
> arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
> changing
> the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
> load an
> external library the way we do external clips).
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
>
> On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
>> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
>> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
>> If not, sorry for bothering
>> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
name.
>> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
>>
>> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
>>
>> /*
>> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
>> child's instance name the work is done.
>> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
than
>> this one):
>> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not
ambiguos
>> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
>> */
>>
>> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
>> if(test_code) {
>>desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
>> }
>> }
>>
>> /*
>> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
>> * if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
>> */
>>
>> HTH
>> francesco.p
>>
>> Jim Tann wrote:
>> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the parent
>> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
>> that is
>> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements in
the
>> > child swf's library.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
August
>> > Gresens
>> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
>> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
>> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
>> >
>> > Hello
>> >
>> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
Francesco - I'll give that a try. It actually occurred to me, but I didn't
try it because I wasn't sure how the depth would be handled and what issues
would be associated with having a single clip instance be the child of two
parents. (When you move "b", does it also move in "a", even if "a" is not
moved?)
Thanks,
August
On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Provided you know the child-to-copy instance name, that's a workaround:
say you have 2 mcs, one (a) created in your project and one (b) loaded
externally.
say you know the desired b-child instance name (b_child):
//create a copy of the desired child
var b_copy_child:MovieClip =
b_child.duplicateMovieClip("copy",b.getNextHighestDepth());
/*
*then 2 ways:
*a) if you simply want a reference to use in your project, work with
b_copy_child;
*b) if you really want b_child instance to be a child of a,
reference it from within,
* thanks to the fact MovieClip is dynamic:
*/
a.a_child = b_copy_child;
This, unless I'm missing some more-DOM-like AS2 interfaces - and then
I'd love to hear about..
HTH
francesco.p
August Gresens wrote:
> Thanks much for your previous responses, very helpful.
>
> One more question - how can I duplicate or attach a child clip of one
> clip
> into another clip?
>
> For example, if I have two clips on the timeline, can I somehow copy the
> first child of one clip into another?
>
> DuplicateMovieClip does not seem to provide this functionality. It seems
> only allow you to create a duplicate that is attached to the same parent
> clip. I want to be able to copy child clips from my loaded external
clip,
> into various clips in my project.
>
> Thanks,
>
> August
>
> On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Really don't know if is there a way to load a .fla asset (such as a
>> Library) into an swf..
>>
>> but sure you can use an external swf as a content library, as long as
>> all library items (children mcs):
>> - can be referenced by instance name (which is to be set on the
external
>> .fla)
>> - are not referenced by instance name, but can be univocally retrieved
>> by any other means (e.g. property values)
>>
>> once acquired desiredChildMovieClip, you can duplicate it on your
>> project.
>> HTH
>> francesco
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> August Gresens wrote:
>> > I guess what I'm looking for is an alternative to the clunky "Shared
>> > Library" thing they've got set up. I"m seeing now, however, that even
>> > if I
>> > get this working, there would be no way to duplicate the externally
>> > loaded
>> > swf's child to a clip in my main project (right?). In essence, I want
>> > to be
>> > able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
>> > starting to
>> > dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
>> >
>> > (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
>> implemented
>> > the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
>> > difficult to
>> > arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
>> > changing
>> > the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could just
>> > load an
>> > external library the way we do external clips).
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > August
>> >
>> > On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
>> >> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into my
>> >> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
>> >> If not, sorry for bothering
>> >> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
>> name.
>> >> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
>> >>
>> >> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
>> >>
>> >> /*
>> >> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know the
>> >> child's instance name the work is done.
>> >> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
>> than
>> >> this one):
>> >> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not
>> ambiguos
>> >> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
>> >> */
>> >>
>> >> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
>> >> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
>> >
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
gt;> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
> >> >> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level into
my
> >> >> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
> >> >> If not, sorry for bothering
> >> >> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their instance
> >> name.
> >> >> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
> >> >>
> >> >> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
> >> >>
> >> >> /*
> >> >> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know
the
> >> >> child's instance name the work is done.
> >> >> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are better
> >> than
> >> >> this one):
> >> >> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not
> >> ambiguos
> >> >> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
> >> >> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
> >> >> if(test_code) {
> >> >>desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
> >> >> }
> >> >> }
> >> >>
> >> >> /*
> >> >> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
> >> >> * if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH
> >> >> francesco.p
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim Tann wrote:
> >> >> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the
> parent
> >> >> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a movieclip
> >> >> that is
> >> >> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the elements
in
> >> the
> >> >> > child swf's library.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jim
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -Original Message-
> >> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> >> August
> >> >> > Gresens
> >> >> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
> >> >> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >> >> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested inside
> >> >> another
> >> >> > clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
> >> >> > MovieClipLoader).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main
> flash
> >> >> > project
> >> >> > that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this
> external
> >> >> > clip,
> >> >> > can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to clips
in
> >> the
> >> >> > main
> >> >> > project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these
> graphics
> >> >> all
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded
> >> clip is
> >> >> > treated
> >> >> > as an independent media element, with no access to it's
> >> children. Is
> >> >> > this
> >> >> > correct?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > August
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> >>
Re: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
t; >> > to be
> >> > able to use the externally loaded clip as a library - but it is
> >> > starting to
> >> > dawn on me that this is not possible (?).
> >> >
> >> > (By the way, I'm mystified that the "Shared Library" has been
> >> implemented
> >> > the way that it has - the url requirement would seem to make it
> >> > difficult to
> >> > arbitrarily load external libraries into a movie without manually
> >> > changing
> >> > the URL properties in the IDE. It would be great if you could
just
> >> > load an
> >> > external library the way we do external clips).
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > August
> >> >
> >> > On 5/5/06, Francesco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> if I got correctly the point, you're asking:
> >> >> can I access children of an external swf loaded at any level
into
my
> >> >> project via MovieClip.loadMovie() or MovieClipLoader.loadClip()?
> >> >> If not, sorry for bothering
> >> >> If yes, I think: sure you can, as long as you know their
instance
> >> name.
> >> >> If you don't, you'll have to work them out:
> >> >>
> >> >> loadedMovie.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
> >> >>
> >> >> /*
> >> >> * now loadedMovie and externalSwf timelines overlap; if you know
the
> >> >> child's instance name the work is done.
> >> >> * if you don't I'll do like this (but chances are ways are
better
> >> than
> >> >> this one):
> >> >> * try to provide some that lets you find in a not
> >> ambiguos
> >> >> way the desired child mc among other children mcs
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> var desiredChildMovieClip:MovieClip;
> >> >> for (var i in loadedMovie) {
> >> >> if(test_code) {
> >> >>desiredChildMovieClip = loadedMovie[i];
> >> >> }
> >> >> }
> >> >>
> >> >> /*
> >> >> * so desiredChildMovieClip is the child you were looking for.
> >> >> * if there's no such thing, sorry I have no idea..
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> HTH
> >> >> francesco.p
> >> >>
> >> >> Jim Tann wrote:
> >> >> > You need to import one movieclip from the child swf into the
> parent
> >> >> > swf's library & have it placed on the stage / inside a
movieclip
> >> >> that is
> >> >> > exported for actionscript to have access to all of the
elements
in
> >> the
> >> >> > child swf's library.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Jim
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -Original Message-
> >> >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of
> >> August
> >> >> > Gresens
> >> >> > Sent: 05 May 2006 02:43
> >> >> > To: Flashcoders mailing list
> >> >> > Subject: [Flashcoders] newbie: nested clips and LoadMovie
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Hello
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is it possible to access (duplicate and use) clips nested
inside
> >> >> another
> >> >> > clip you've loaded into a movie via LoadMovie (or using the
> >> >> > MovieClipLoader).
> >> >> >
> >> >> > For example, if I want to maintain a clip external to my main
> flash
> >> >> > project
> >> >> > that has a bunch of misc graphics - after I've loaded this
> external
> >> >> > clip,
> >> >> > can I duplicate these graphics somehow and attach them to
clips
in
> >> the
> >> >> > main
> >> >> > project? The purpose of this would be to load all of these
> graphics
> >> >> all
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > one shot, as opposed to loading them individually.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > >From playing around with it - it seems as though the loaded
> >> clip is
> >> >> > treated
> >> >> > as an independent media ele
