Im a graphic designer aka a copy and past actionscripter. LOL!~

Im getting this error… Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::AVM1Movie@28eeadc1 to flash.display.MovieClip.

I’ve read quite a bit about the built in preloader in CS5 and tried everything I could find on the internet (mainly messing with the AS3 advanced publish setting) to no avail. I also tried your suggestion to Hallback, but it didn’t work. Can you think of anything else?

My code:

var _swfLoader:Loader;
var _swfRequest:URLRequest;
var _swfPathArr:Array = new Array(“test1.swf”, “test2.swf”, “test3.swf”);
var _swfClipsArr:Array = new Array();
var _swfTempClip:MovieClip;
var _loadedSWFs:int;
startLoading(_swfPathArr);
function startLoading(pathArr:Array):void {
_swfLoader = new Loader();
_swfRequest = new URLRequest();
loadSWF(pathArr[0]);
}
function loadSWF(path:String):void {
setupListeners(_swfLoader.contentLoaderInfo);
_swfRequest.url = path;
_swfLoader.load(_swfRequest);
}
function setupListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSwfComplete);
dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, currentSwfProgress);
}
function currentSwfProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var _perc:int = (event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal) * 100;
// swfPreloader.percentTF.text = _perc + “%”;
}
function onSwfComplete(event:Event):void {
event.target.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSwfComplete);
event.target.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, currentSwfProgress);
_swfTempClip = event.target.content;
_swfTempClip.customID = _loadedSWFs;
_swfClipsArr.push(_swfTempClip);
if(_loadedSWFs <_swfPathArr.length – 1) {
_loadedSWFs++;
loadSWF(_swfPathArr[_loadedSWFs]);
} else {
_swfLoader.unloadAndStop();
_swfLoader = null;
onCompletePreloading();
}
}
function onCompletePreloading():void {
contentContainer.addChild(_swfClipsArr[0]);
news_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
portfolio_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
contact_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
}
function setContent(event:MouseEvent):void {
var _swfToAdd:MovieClip;
switch(event.target.name) {
case "news_btn":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[0];
break;
case "portfolio_btn":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[1];
break;
case "contact_btn":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[2];
break;
}
contentContainer.removeChildAt(contentContainer.numChildren-1);
contentContainer.addChild(_swfToAdd);
trace(_swfToAdd.customID);
}

Thanks for your reply. I didn’t realize I had to publish it in Flash Player 10, which is tricky with CS3…but I found a way. Yes, I dropped the contentContainer on the stage, but put it on the wrong place (I had to put it inside the movieClip where my button was). All is well now. I can’t begin to tell you how much this post and site have helped me. Thank you so very much.

1061: Call to a possibly undefined method unloadAndStop through a reference with static type flash.display:Loader.

A third tutorial is still in progress but will come soon – thanks for reminding me :)

ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property customID on _1_fla.MainTimeline__Preloader__.
at MainTimeline_fla::MainTimeline/onSwfComplete()

Here is my code:

var _swfLoader:Loader;
var _swfRequest:URLRequest;

var _swfPathArr:Array = new Array(“_1.swf”, “_2.swf”, “_3.swf”, “_4.swf”, “_5.swf”, “_6.swf”);

var _swfClipsArr:Array = new Array();
var _swfTempClip:MovieClip;
var _loadedSWFs:int;

startLoading(_swfPathArr);

function startLoading(pathArr:Array):void {
_swfLoader = new Loader();
_swfRequest = new URLRequest();

loadSWF(pathArr[0]);
}

function loadSWF(path:String):void {
setupListeners(_swfLoader.contentLoaderInfo);

_swfRequest.url = path;
_swfLoader.load(_swfRequest);
}

function setupListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {
dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSwfComplete);
dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, currentSwfProgress);
}

function currentSwfProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var _perc:int = (event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal) * 100;
// swfPreloader.percentTF.text = _perc + “%”;
}

function onSwfComplete(event:Event):void {
event.target.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSwfComplete);
event.target.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, currentSwfProgress);

_swfTempClip = event.target.content;
_swfTempClip.customID = _loadedSWFs;
_swfClipsArr.push(_swfTempClip);

if(_loadedSWFs <_swfPathArr.length – 1) {
_loadedSWFs++;
loadSWF(_swfPathArr[_loadedSWFs]);
} else {
_swfLoader.unloadAndStop();
_swfLoader = null;
onCompletePreloading();
}
}

function onCompletePreloading():void {
contentContainer.addChild(_swfClipsArr[0]);

_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
_2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
_3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
_4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
_5.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
_6.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, setContent);
}

function setContent(event:MouseEvent):void {
var _swfToAdd:MovieClip;

switch(event.target.name) {
case "_1":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[0];
break;

case "_2":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[1];
break;

case "_3":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[2];
break;

case "_4":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[2];
break;

case "_5":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[2];
break;

case "_6":
_swfToAdd = _swfClipsArr[2];
break;
}

contentContainer.removeChildAt(contentContainer.numChildren-1);
contentContainer.addChild(_swfToAdd);
trace(_swfToAdd.customID);
}

Any Ideas?

Also… when are we gonna see that 3rd tutorial?

Thanks a bunch

http://www.microhome.com.co/com/team2p0/Preload.as

i’m going to publish part #3 soon, especially going deeper into building a gallery that way.

right now I load about 20 thumbnails all at once, it slows the whole thing down, plus it doesn’t look that good when it’s added to the stage randomly.

Thanks.

Thanks… Colin

however when I attempt to load them into the .fla using this code I get many
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
errors.

I am using in each of the swf’s a component called slideshowpro/ and thumbgrid
(as the content I want to load are the galleries on my site) and their names are often referenced in the errors.

I do have all of the image data, xml files and everything else needed to play those swfs in the
same directory…

any ideas?

I am sure I am dong something silly. I am quite new to loading external files and also still relatively green to coding in general.
thanks for your help… cheers

@Patrick Hill: well, this one’s might occur because of the missing button-instances on stage. i will upload an example-fla tonight which might help you then!

@Michael Roebuck: thanks – i’m not quite sure why this happens, but i guess the error depends on a timing problem. the swfs try to execute the code in their docclass/first frames though not completely initiated. try to use the INIT-event instead of COMPLETE. maybe send me your files so i can have a closer look at them..

@sConvey: hey, inasmuch? i mean, what’s wrong? :) without any information i can’t do too much but my first guess is “are the button-instances on your stage declared with names?” – because the lines 59-61 are trying to add eventlistener to movieclips which are already on stage (with these names in properties-window set). keep on asking, i’m always glad to help :)

Heads up: If by the luck of the draw the child swf file that’s being loaded into the parent swf happens to include some actionscript that consist of building components programmatically rather than dragging and dropping from the Components window, you might run into trouble. For example, in one of my child swfs, I’m programmatically loading a DataGrid object; in a second one, I’m programmatically creating a Scrollbar. In my case, I’m getting “TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null” errors.

I haven’t quite pinpointed the culprit yet. You’re more than welcome to provide a tip. Keep it real!

I look forward to understanding ALL this code and to using it. Thank you for help.

THank you,
AS3 Student.

Kind regards,
Raphael.