And a silly question, I will be using this in different scenes loading different movie clips. Would I just have to rename the instance and var each time I place it on a new scene? AKA… I’m very new to AS3.

Other then that, this works beautifully!

I have several frames that load external swf and one of them upload a video to youtube but the sound of the video remains in the background when you switch to high-ul swf

could you help me and tell me how to do
thanks

thanks..,

controls games of some not operating

any ideas

The page loads at frame 23 and goes to frame 44. THat’s where I have the code below.

stop();

movieClip_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_ClickToLoadUnloadSWF);

var fl_Loader:Loader;
var fl_ToLoad:Boolean = true;

function fl_ClickToLoadUnloadSWF(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(fl_ToLoad)
{
fl_Loader = new Loader();
fl_Loader.load(new URLRequest(“http://www.mywebsite.com/gallerie4website.swf”));
addChild(fl_Loader);
}
else
{
fl_Loader.unload();
removeChild(fl_Loader);
fl_Loader = null;
}
// Toggle whether you want to load or unload the SWF
fl_ToLoad = !fl_ToLoad;
}

stop();

Try having this:

KEYFRAME 1:

var _swfLoader:Loader;
var _swfContent:MovieClip;
_swfLoader = new Loader();
var a:Number=0;

————————————————————–
KEYFRAME 2:

//I still use MovieClips and then changing them into buttons…
//You may create button from the start [cont]
button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickHandlerButton);
button1.buttonMode = true; //[cont] and avoid using this string
function clickHandlerButton(evt:Object):void
{
if (a == 1)
{
//in original code there is a function which performs these commands.
_swfLoader.unloadAndStop();
removeChild(_swfContent);
_swfContent = null;
//You could call that function (haven’t tried doing that).
a = 0;
}

if (a == 0)
{
//REST of the code = Refer to the earlier post to know about “REST”
a=1;
}
}
————————————————————–
KEYFRAME 3:

gotoAndPlay(2);
————————————————————–
That’s all.
This solution-code should reload your SWF each time you click on the button1.
[click]
[load]

[click]
[unload]
[load]

[click]
[unload]
[load]
…

Sorry for quite long comment…
Hope this helps and I haven’t forgotten anything to mention any more.

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=====================ANOTHER QUESTION=====================
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Q:
… I created an instance of the close button in the loaded swf, but can’t get it to unload the swf…

Would it be possible to clarify this a bit?
*******************************************
A:
Pay attention on the string of the code, which is:
_swfLoader = new Loader();

I did the following for the code to work:

|||If you wish to use this script like so you would be able to use it with only just 1 KeyFrame make instead 3 KeyFrames|||

Along with the:
var _swfLoader:Loader;
var _swfContent:MovieClip;
+
_swfLoader = new Loader(); (I cut from the code only this)

Cut & Paste these to the: KEYFRAME 1.
———————————————————-
Copy & Paste the REST of the whole script

(no second part, e.g. without the code that starts with:
var _closeEvent:Event = new Event(“close”, true, false);)

to the KEYFRAME 2.
———————————————————-
Write a code for the KEYFRAME 3:
gotoAndPlay(2);

This is my version of how to set up any variable after defining them, and run them no more than once for the whole time, unless referred to the KEYFRAME 1 once again throughout the coding.

Hope this helps someone.

Thanks.

Thank you again!

a.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, cargaa);
b.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, cargab);
c.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, cargac);

function cargaa():void {

loadSWF(“a.swf”);

}

function cargab():void {

loadSWF(“carro1.swf”);

}

function cargac():void {

loadSWF(“a.swf”);

}

i make this but say error 1063. Can you help me.

I have uploaded the swf
My swf plays from the middle when I uploaded it to the website.

What I think happens is that the swf starts playing in the background when the load command is given. It is only visible when we put it on stage through addchild command.

The swf size is about 2.5 MB.

Kindly suggest.

Thanks

Solly

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);

function loading(e:Event):void{

var total:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
var loaded:Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;

bar_mc.scaleX = loaded/total;

if (total == loaded){
bar_mc.visible=false
}

…where bar_mc obviously (not for me! :) ) is my preloader clip.

now when i go to frame 5 i placed your code and my first project portfolio clip loads…but i just cannot embed the above preloader code into yours! i do want to use my bar_mc, not some template progressbar, so what should i do? i keep getting the errors:

ComponentShim (Compiled Clip), Line 1 5000: The class ‘fl.core.ComponentShim’ must subclass ‘flash.display.MovieClip’ since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.

ComponentShim (Compiled Clip), Line 1 5000: The class ‘fl.controls.ProgressBar’ must subclass ‘flash.display.MovieClip’ since it is linked to a library symbol of that type.

thank you and excuse me for bothering u with such on abvious stupid question !

You may have answered this already, but I am pretty slow when it comes to programming with as3. I have a swf that has a button that when clicked, will load an external swf. In the external swf I have an “X” movieclip. Is there a way to have this movieclip make the swf remove itself?

Thanks!

Thank You Very Much

just write:

dispatchEvent(new Event(“close”, true, false));

Not sure where that is supposed to go…

You had a block of code you said to use on the loaded swf:

var _closeEvent:Event = new Event(“close”, true, false);
closeBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, dispatchUnload);
function dispatchUnload(event:MouseEvent):void {
dispatchEvent(_closeEvent);
}

I can’t seem to get this to work. I created an instance of the close button in the loaded swf, but can’t get it to unload the swf.

Would it be possible to clarify this a bit?

Thanks!

function unloadSWF(event : Event):void {
_swfLoader.unloadAndStop();
extContainer.removeChild(_swfContent);
extContainer._swfContent = null;
}

However, I’m not quite sure it’s working. How can I check if it is actually removing my loaded swf’s from memory?

Thanks,

@jeff:
for sure, part 3 will cover the beginning of writing that kind of bulk-loader yourself :) but you need some preparation and pre-knowledge to do so – at least i’m not the fan of “here, download and use” but more “learn while read, use it and tell somebody how you’ve managed it”.

http://code.google.com/p/bulk-loader/

Thanks!

I will be studying up and will keep an eye out on your page here.

Best,
AS3 Student.

@as3-student:
1. yep, for sure! just set it up as an actionscript 3 project.
2. well, the direction you’ve got to head is pretty simple. because my snippet allows it to use always the same loader you can easily call the unload-function and after that you need to call the load-function with the swf-path depending on the nav-button you’ve clicked. well, to be honest this snippet wasn’t meant to be universally used for multiple loadings as the preloading-behaviour isn’t able to really preload the other swfs. only on calling – but if you’re going to be stay tuned for some days i’ll try my best to continue this tutorial-series and especially target website-building with external swfs.

deal? :)

Thank you for taking the time to help us ALL out and especially to those of us who are newer and slower at understanding AS3.

I wanted to ask a couple of things:

1. Can your code be used with Flash CS3? (Flash Pro 9.)

2. If #1 is true, then I am trying to figure out how to implement your code using my site architecture and wanted to ask for some clarification.

I would like to load an initial external.swf then I have nav on the left and would like each of them to unload the current.swf and then load the new.swf associated with that menu section.

Would you have the time to help point me in the write direction?

Thank you for your consideration.

Here is a piece of code…

http://pastebin.com/f62c89941

My question is:
How can I call “unloadSWF” if the function loadSWF has been called before?

http://www.baysickdesign.com/resources/Help files.zip

Thanks alot!

http://www.baysickdesign.com/resources/loaders_examplecode.zip

also, one last question, and its a bit weird, when you look at the code, I wonder if you’d be able to notice why it is, that when the swf is compiled, the second button (Nav2 in the code) only works after the first button has been clicked…weird! Could you let me know please when youve downloaded that, so i can remove it from my server.

Thanks so much :)

Thanks
Justin

thanks alot

Justin

thanks alot!

i would try doing it this way:
create an array which holds the paths to your swfs, so e.g.:

var swfPathArr:Array = new Array(“01.swf”, “02.swf”, “03.swf”);

whenever a movie is finished you simply raise a count (which starts with 0). so after the 01.swf is done, the count will get 1. this count you use to tell your loading function which index (so: which swfpath) of your array it should load.

looking above in my code you simply call this loading function after your unloading is done (and therefore already removed from stage if you use my code) with

loadSwf(swfPathArr[count]);

what will come up to you is doing a clever preloading-system which preloads the swfs already while the first one is running. but if you can wait some days i’m going to publish it as a little how-to. was going to anyway, so.. hope this helped a bit – otherwise just keep asking :)

var _swfLoader2:Loader = new Loader();
addChildAt(_swfLoader2,1);

_swfLoader2.load(new URLRequest(“ch02.swf”));
stage.removeChildAt(0);

My example is like a book with chapters that automatically loads the chapters within itself when they reach their respective ends. I know unloadmovienum() is deprecated in AS3 so I’m trying to figure out the best way to execute your example in mine. Thanks in advance.

dispatchEvent(new Event(“close”, true, false));

this will create a new event and dispatches it – it’s bubbling up and therefore reaches the loader-swf.

_swfContent.addEventListener(“close”, unloadSWF);

Where does this “close” event gets dispatched?
Is it automatic, or “putted in” manually into the event-flow?

cheers.