loaded swf - offstage items showing

[huflungpu35]

I have some external swf's that I am loading in, but when they are loaded in, I can see things that are "off stage" in the loaded swf.

Anyone know of any solutions to this?

Thanks!

[jweeks123]

Get rid of the items off stage, or set them to invisible. Or use a setMask filter.

[huflungpu35]

I can't really set them to invisible because they are used in the movies. They are brought in at some point.

[jweeks123]

Okay, can't you just set them to visible when they come in?

[huflungpu35]

Not really, because the way they are set up. I just need to figure out a way to either not show what is offstage in the loaded swfs, or a way to mask them out.

By the way I don't think setmask is still used in as3. I gave it a try, but didn't seem to work.

[jweeks123]

My mistake, it's mask, not setmask. Anyway, here's a code snippet from the help file. Try it and see if it helps.

import flash.display.Shape;

// Draw a square and add it to the display list.
var square:Shape = new Shape();
square.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
square.graphics.beginFill(0xff0000);
square.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
square.graphics.endFill();
this.addChild(square);

// Draw a circle and add it to the display list.
var circle:Sprite = new Sprite();
circle.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x000000);
circle.graphics.beginFill(0x0000ff);
circle.graphics.drawCircle(25, 25, 25);
circle.graphics.endFill();
this.addChild(circle);

function maskSquare(event:MouseEvent):void
{
square.mask = circle;
circle.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, maskSquare);
}

circle.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, maskSquare);

[huflungpu35]

Hmm doesn't seem to work with externally loaded swfs.

[jweeks123]

hmm...How are you loading the swfs? Could you try loading them at a different level, say you load it then you say something like:

stage.addChild(swf1);
stage.swapChildren(swf1,cover1);

Where as your cover is a concealer?

[sumwungye]

Why don't you just try putting a rectangle that covers basically everything, from top to bottom and left to right, zoomed out all the way, of course, and cut a hole out for the stage?