How to loop SWF file loaded with Loader? - actionscript-3

Question

I want to loop a swf file that has been loaded with via the Loader class in AS3.
My code looks as following:
public class MyLoader extends MovieClip {
public function MyLoader() {
var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("external-movie.swf");
myLoader.load(url);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener("complete", function() {
});
addChild(myLoader);
}
}
From what I understand the Loader has no event for when the embedded movie is finished? Is there a way to figure that out? It must not be a AS3 implementation. I just want a movie that has been exported from Indesign to run in a loop. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Especially when you have little experience programming you should avoid dirty shortcuts as they'll only get you a lot of trouble. So avoid anonymous function and avoid using string in place of static event variables.
This being said, if your loaded movie has its own timeline then it will be converted into a MovieClip. Also that movie is not embedded but loaded and that's a big difference.
Keep a reference of that movie and the loader:
private var theLoadedMovie:MovieClip;
private var myLoader:Loader;
Listen for the INIT event instead of the COMPLETE event (movies with timeline start to play when their first frame is loaded "INIT", the COMPLETE event fires when the whole movie is loaded).
myLoader = new Loader();
var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("external-movie.swf");
myLoader.load(url);
myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, handleInit);
In your handleInit method keep a reference of that movie:
theLoadedMovie = myLoader.content as MovieClip;
addChild(theLoadedMovie);
theLoadedMovie.addEventListener(Event.ENTERFRAME, handleEnterFrame);
in your handleEnterFrame method check the movie progress to know when it has ended:
if(theLoadedMovie.currentFrame == theLoadedMovie.totalFrames)
{
//movie has reached then end
}