I want to know how to load external image from a URL variable & also how to call the HTML URL variable.
example something: embed src="http://domain.com/swf/load.swf?imageUrl=http://domain.com/images/image123.jpg" .... />}
I am trying to make an image player this way.
Thanks
Should as easy as:
Making sure the swf is loaded
Using LoaderInfo's parameters object to get to the variables
Using the variables as you see fit: job done!
Here's a quick snippet:
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,ready);
function ready(event:Event):void{
var imageURL:String = this.loaderInfo.parameters.imageURL;
trace("imageURL",imageURL);
var loader:Loader = addChild(new Loader()) as Loader;
loader.load(new URLRequest(imageURL));
}
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I have tried SWFLoader, but the problem is the loaded content is MovieClip and I don't know how to interact with it, and the MovieClip#numChildren is zero.
And by the way, I can't pass the flashvars to the swf.
Firstly, you should know that there is no exact answer to your question as it depends on your loaded SWF (you know it or not, its display list, ...) but I'll put a simple example to explain things and you have to adapt it to your case.
For this example, let's say that we have a very simple SWF (the loaded SWF) which contain a TextField (called txt_url) and a button (a MovieClip, called btn_go).
The btn_go button will open the URL entered in the txt_url TextField.
For our second SWF (the loader), we will use a Loader object to load our first one (which is in this case will be the Loader.content) and then we will set the URL (the txt_url text) and trigger the click event on the btn_go button.
So here is an example of the code of our loader.swf :
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, on_SWFLoad);
loader.load(new URLRequest('loaded.swf'));
addChild(loader);
function on_SWFLoad(e:Event): void
{
// get our loaded SWF
var loaded_swf:DisplayObjectContainer = DisplayObjectContainer(loader.content);
// because we know our target objects, we can use "getChildByName()"
// set the URL
TextField(loaded_swf.getChildByName('txt_url')).text = 'http://www.example.com';
// open the URL in the browser by triggering the click event on the "btn_go" button
MovieClip(loaded_swf.getChildByName('btn_go')).dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK));
}
This example will directly set and open the URL in the browser after loading the SWF, of course we can execute that action after clicking a button or something else but it's just a simple example to show you how you can do ...
Now, the problem is when we don't know anything about the loaded SWF and its children (names, depths, ...), in this case we should do more effort to do what we want : we should traverse the entire display list of the loaded SWF to identify the target objects.
Returning to our example and let's say that we only know that there are a TextField and a button in the stage, so our code can be like this for example :
function on_SWFLoad(e:Event): void
{
var loaded_swf:DisplayObjectContainer = DisplayObjectContainer(loader.content);
var num_children:int = loaded_swf.numChildren;
for(var i:int = 0; i < num_children; i++)
{
var child:DisplayObject = loaded_swf.getChildAt(i);
if(child is TextField)
{
trace(child.name); // gives : txt_url
TextField(child).text = 'http://www.example.com';
}
else
{
if(child.hasEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK))
{
trace(child.name); // gives : btn_go
child.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK));
}
}
}
}
Again, it's a very simple example just to show how we can proceed ...
...
Then about passing values (params) between SWFs, take a look on my answer of this question where you have a little example for that.
For more about Display programming (display list, display object, display object container, ...) take a look here.
Hope that can help.
I am trying to read an image using Loader (variable name is faceimage) and trying to pass the bitmapdata of that image to a function called detect. However, it is failing in the line where I am trying to get the Bitmap.
bmpTarget = new Bitmap( new BitmapData( faceImage.width, faceImage.height, false ) )
bmpTarget.bitmapData.draw( faceImage ); // Fails, no errors shown
detector.detect( bmpTarget.bitmapData );
I narrowed down to this line by putting trace statements above and below the failing line. The faceImage contains valid data which I verified by displaying contents on screen. I also tried
bmpTarget = Bitmap(BitmapData(faceImage.content))
but in vain. Am I doing something wrong here?
It could be a sandbox/crossdomain issue. Certain crossdomain settings prohibit drawing the content of a loaded image to a bitmapData. You can get around it by loading the raw image data with URLLoader and then using loadBytes on Loader.
As noted from:
Why do Loader objects kill bitmapdata draw();?
You likely need a LoaderContext.
loader.load("http://www.example.com/myimage.jpg", new LoaderContext(true));
Otherwise, you can load images from other sites but not access the actual bitmapData, which a draw() requires.
I wonder if you're trying to access the bitmapdata before it's been loaded?
Perhaps try using a complete listener...
var _urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("urlToImage");
var faceImage:Loader = new Loader;
faceImage.load(_urlRequest);
faceImage.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, function(e:IOErrorEvent):void{ trace(e) });
faceImage.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded, false, 0, true);
function imageLoaded(e:Event):void {
faceImage.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded);
var bmpTarget:Bitmap = e.target.content;
detector.detect( bmpTarget.bitmapData );
}
I have been trying to find the appropriate code for this during hours. But none of the ones I found seem to work. I really need help with it...I am desperate...
I have 2 swf files. I added a button to the end of the 1st swf file (the next button).I want to go to the 2nd swf file when pressing this button. I know how to do it with actionscript 2.0 (LoadMovie)...but I started my swf in actionscript 3.0 and now ...I need to code that in AS 3.0.
Could anybody help me with this code?? I tried with some of the codes i have seen from other users, but i don't know what i am doing wrong that any of them work for me !!
Thank you very much!
This should help:
// Set the URL of the second movie
var url:String = "url_of_your_second_movie"
// Create the loader object using the specified URL
var loader:Loader=new Loader();
var request:URLRequest;
request= new URLRequest(url);
// Set the COMPLETE event handler
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete );
// Start the load
loader.load( request );
// Fill the COMPLETE event handler as needed
private function onComplete(e:Event):void
{
// Add the loaded content to the display list
addChild(e.currentTarget.content);
// Do whatever else is needed once the movie is completed
}
I have had several posts like this but I have not gotten down to the final answer so I put this image together to try and explain what I am trying to do. I AM SO CLOSE.
if you can help me THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. Worked days on this so far.
HOW DO I CONTROL CHILDREN INSIDE AN EXTERNALLY LOADED SWF FROM CODE IN ANOTHER EXTERNALLY LOADED SWF?
EDIT: Below is THEE code located in "ONE.swf" that I need help with. Just one or two lines I know but I JUST CANT get it.
function FunctionInOne()
{
var parentObj:Object = this.parent.parent as Object; //// GIVES ACCESS TO "Content.swf"
var TheStage:Object = this.parent.parent.parent as Object; //// GIVES ACCESS TO STAGE
trace(TheStage.stage.stageWidth);
trace(parentObj); /// [object MainTimeline]
trace(parentObj.ONE); /// [object Loader]
trace(parentObj.TWO); /// [object Loader]
parentObj.alpha = .3; /// NOW I CONTROL THE ALPHA OF "Content.swf" from ONE.swf
var ControlTWO:Loader = parentObj.TWO; // GIVES ACCES TO LOADER TWO
ControlTWO.alpha = .3; // NOW I CONTROL THE ALPHA OF TWO.swf from ONE.swf
BUT HOW DO I GET ACCESS TO CONTROL THE CHILDREN IN "TWO.swf" from "ONE.swf"
var TWOchildren:MovieClip = MovieClip(TWO.content); // DOES NOT WORK
TWOchildren.ChildInTWO.alpha = .3;
var TWOchildren = TWO.content as MovieClip; // DOES NOT WORK
TWOchildren.ChildInTWO.alpha = .3; // DOES NOT WORK
TWOchidren.FunctionInTWO(); /// DOES NOT WORK
}
EDIT: March 16th, 2012
I am able to access the swf TWO.swf from ONE.swf and control it's alpha with this line:
trace(MovieClip(parent.parent).ONE);
But I need to control a child in that so I thought this following code would work but it doesn't:
MovieClip(parent.parent).ONE.TheChild.alpha = .3;
END EDIT---------------
Here is another link to it if you can see it: http://mycontactcorner.com/sandbox/testing/ChildTwo.jpg
Ok I found it!
var InsideConent:Object = this.parent.parent as Object; //// GIVES ACCESS TO "Content.swf"
var ItWorksNow:Sprite = MovieClip(InsideConent.TWO.content).ChildInTWO; ///
ItWorksNow.x = 333; /// I can control property x
ItWorksNow.alpha = .3; /// I can control the ALPHA! :)
Is see hard style of programming :]
to Your loaders add this , it should help:
import flash.system.ApplicationDomain;
import flash.system.LoaderContext;
var loader:Loader = new Loader ( urlRequest , new LoaderContext(false, ApplicationDomain.currentDomain));
Second thing :
You should try access to content if You make sure that its loaded .
So put start loading of second SWF to loading complete function of first SWF and You should trace(TWO.content) and see is there anything already loaded.
MovieClip(parent.parent).function();
vise versa reference the movieclip.OtherChildmoviename.function();
this structure you can call a function from where ever or anymovie for better explanation check actionscript 2 as it uses the _root, this may make the above clearer
let us no how you go;
I've got an AS3 SWF that I'm going to be loading other SWFs into. These child SWFs all take a single parameter on the URL. I can't seem to get it working when loading an AS2 child, and it needs to be able to handle both.
so I have
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
request.url = "http://domain/as2.swf?param=foo";
loader.load(request);
// etc on to the eventListeners, addChild, etc
When the as2 SWF gets loaded, it can't see the parameter I've passed to it. It's looking for _root.param. Am I doing this wrong or am I attempting the impossible?
EDIT: I should add that I can load a SWF with those URL params from an AS2 loader and it works just fine.
It's not trivial to communicate between AS2 and AS3 since they run in different virtual machines. Check this http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/07/swfbridge_easie.html for some hints.
Edit: If you cannot change the loaded as2 content your only options is creating a 'wrapper' as2 loader that uses the linked example above to communicate with the as3 and interfaces with the loaded as2 content using _root.varname This is not pretty but it might just work.
It might be worth trying to assign the variables dynamically after the SWF has loaded but before you add it to the stage. Ie.
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, movieLoaded);
function movieLoadedHandler(event : Event) : void
{
var loaderInfo : LoaderInfo = event.target as LoaderInfo;
var clip : DisplayObject = loaderInfo.content;
for each(var prop in varsToTransfer)
{
clip[prop] = varsToTransfer[prop];
}
// add to parent
}
Let me know how that goes.
AS3 -> AS3
Movie 1(www.domain1.com):
Load the external movie when click a "buy" button...
buy.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,function(){
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
var url:String = "http://www.domain2.com/movie.swf?a=b&c=d";
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
ldr.load(urlReq);
addChild(ldr);
});
Movie 2(http://www.domain2.com/movie.swf):
var mc:MovieClip = this as MovieClip;
var ldi:LoaderInfo = mc.loaderInfo;
var lobj:Object = ldi.parameters as Object;
for (var l in lobj) {
dumper.htmlText += l+" => "+lobj[l]+"<br />";
}
"dumper" is the name of the Dynamic Textbox field located in Movie2.
The output should look like:
a => b
c => d
Instead of looking for _root.param, use _root._url then parse out your parameters by hand.
var url: String = _root._url;
var param: String = 'param=';
var paramStart: Number = url.lastIndexOf(param);
var paramValue: String = url.substring(paramStart + param.length, url.length);
trace(paramValue);
SWFBridge is awesome and overkill for something like this.
You are doing it wrong.
"http://domain/as2.swf?param=foo"
Is a request for the file named as2.swf, on the server named domain. Any ?param=foo parameters that are part of that http request are lost when the request is complete. If the server needed to do something according to these variables, it would, but you are asking a .swf file to detect these variables, that's just silly.
Put a variable in your Global object (Global namespace) for the flash player, then when the as2 .swf is loaded into that flash player it will have access to the variable you set in your Global object.
I am not proficient in as2, but in as3, the Global object can be accessed with the this keyword, at the package level (probly is the same for as2, just dont worry about setting it at a package level).