Btw, this entire problem is not reproduced if the swf is loaded
locally. However once it is loaded from remote location - it
happens. Maybe related to flash security?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "yotam_shacham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 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.
>
