Loader class and gotoAndPlay()

[dmacker]

I'm trying to control a SWF that's been loaded using the Loader class:

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("simpleTween.swf"));
addChild(myLoader); 

The loaded SWF has a stop() on frame 1. How can I issue a gotoAndPlay(2) command to get it to continue? The MovieClipLoader class handled this in AS2 by loading the content into a mc, but the new AS3 Loader class doesn't appear to have this functionality.

Thanks!

[senocular]

Loader.content
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/201/l...r.html#content

[dmacker]

Thanks Senocular. I read the Help entry, but I need a bit more hand-holding on this. Here's what I tried:

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();
addChild(myLoader);
myLoader.load(new URLRequest("simpleTween.swf"));
myLoader.content.gotoAndPlay(2); 

But alas, no progress. I couldn't find documentation on how to use the content property of the Loader class. Any help appreciated.

[AfternoonDelite]

I believe you can do something like:

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);

function loaded(event:Event) {
    event.target.content.gotoAndPlay(2);
} 

Give that a shot. It should make sure the content is loaded before you try accessing any properties or methods.

[dmacker]

Thanks A.D.

My problem turned out to be more complex than I imagined. Apparently you can't fully manipulate AS1/AS2 formatted SWFs with the AS3 Loader. Instead of loading them into a Sprite or MovieClip object, these legacy SWFs get quarantined into an AVM1Movie object that has no play() or gotoAndPlay() methods. (Bummer.) It does allow for a limited set of properties such as x, y, and rotation though.

AVM1Movies are ActionScript 1 & 2 Virtual Machine objects which, unfortunately for me, are incompatible with AVM2Movies such as scripts written in AS3.

If I've gotten any of this wrong, would someone please let me know? Thanks.