I've created a swf player that loads urls from an XML playlist. One of the key features is accessing the timeline of those swfs in order to loop and scrub their timelines. Everything works just fine when I test the movie, but once I publish to projector, all of my swfs in the XML playlist are loaded at once. AND they all load as soon as I open the page, not on click, as it should be. This is my first major project that I've created from scratch in AS3, so I need all the help I can get. I'm wondering if it has to do with the way I've structured my code. I have my main fla, then I have my document class in an external package, and each "page" of this menu (much like pages of a website) have only one package/class. In the case of the swf player, it is the ToolsPage Class. I know this structure isn't ideal, but it has worked until now (if that's the issue).
Please, please, please help. Deadline is soon.
Essentially, swf_loader:Loader loads each swf and puts it into a MovieClip called swfHolder. swfHolder allows for all the remote timeline access.
I'll abbreviate the code here:
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//ToolsPage.as (Tools Page)
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//
package
{
...imports
public class ToolsPage extends MovieClip
{
...vars including:
public var toolsXMLList:XMLList;
public var toolsXML:XML;
public var toolsXMLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
public var swf_loader:Loader;
public var swfHolder:MovieClip;
public var tooltype:Sprite;
public var toolname:Sprite;
public var specs:Sprite;
public var thumbs:Sprite;
public function processXML (event:Event):void
{
toolsXML = new XML(toolsXMLLoader.data);
...assign variables to XML data
}
public function makeContainers ():void
{
swf_container = new Sprite();
swf_container.x = 420;
swf_container.y = 20;
addChild(swf_container);
swf_player = new SWFPlayer();
swf_container.addChild(swf_player);
list_container = new Sprite();
list_container.x = 40;
list_container.y = 100;
addChild(list_container);
spec_container = new Sprite();
spec_container.x = 400;
spec_container.y = 220;
addChild(spec_container);
text_container = new Sprite();
list_container.addChild (text_container);
thumb_container = new Sprite();
list_container.addChild (thumb_container);
thumbs = new Sprite();
thumbs.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, swf_specs_loader);
//thumbs.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, specs_loader);
thumbs.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, onOver);
thumbs.addEventListener (MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, onOut);
thumbs.x = thumbs_x;
thumbs.y = thumbs_y;
thumbs.buttonMode = true;
thumb_container.addChild (thumbs);
tooltype = new Sprite();
tooltype.x = thumbs_x + 20;
tooltype.y = thumbs_y;
text_container.addChild (tooltype);
toolname = new Sprite();
toolname.x = thumbs_x + 20;
toolname.y = thumbs_y;
text_container.addChild(toolname);
specs = new Sprite();
specs.x = 20;
specs.y = 20;
spec_container.addChild(specs);
trace("Tools_5 : makeContainers() has been read");
}
//Loading XML data and adding THUMB data to display list
public function callThumbs ():void
{
for (var i:Number = 0; i < total_swfs; i++)
{
//XML THUMB
var thumb_url = toolsXMLList[i].@THUMB;
var thumb_loader = new Loader();
thumb_loader.name = i;
thumb_loader.load (new URLRequest(thumb_url));
thumb_loader.y = (thumb_height + 4)*i;
thumb_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, thumbLoaded);
//BUT IF THE THUMBS VARY IN SIZE WHAT IS THE Y PROPERTY
//IF THE THUMB IS A TOOLNAME THE Y IS (thumb_height+2)*i;
//IF THE THUMB IS A TOOLTYPE THE Y IS (thumb_placeholder_height+2)*i;
}
trace("Tools_11 : callThumbs() has been read");
}
public function thumbLoaded (event:Event):void
{
var my_thumb:Loader = Loader(event.target.loader);
thumbs.addChild (my_thumb);
my_thumb.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
trace("Tools_28 : each thumb loaded");
}
public function callText ():void
{
for (var i:Number = 0; i < total_swfs; i++)
{
...add text from XML to display list
}
trace("Tools_9 : callText() has been read");
}
public function makeLoader():void
{
swf_loader = new Loader();
swf_loader.x = swf_x;
swf_loader.y = swf_y;
swf_loader.scaleX = .5;
swf_loader.scaleY = .5;
swf_container.addChild(swf_loader);
swfHolder = new MovieClip()
swfHolder.x = 0;
swfHolder.y = 0;
swf_container.addChild(swfHolder);
//swfHolder.scaleX = .5;
//swfHolder.scaleY = .5;
}
public function swf_specs_loader(event:MouseEvent):void
{
//does this need to be in a new function?
spec_format.font = myFont.fontName;
spec_format.size = 10;
spec_format.color = 0xFFFFFF;
//XML SPECS
var thumb_specs = toolsXMLList[event.target.name].@SPECS;
spec_txt.embedFonts = true;
spec_txt.width = 380;
spec_txt.height = 240;
spec_txt.x = 20;
spec_txt.y = 60;
spec_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
spec_txt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
spec_txt.defaultTextFormat = spec_format;
spec_txt.text = thumb_specs;
spec_txt.wordWrap = true;
specs.addChild(spec_txt);
trace("Tools_l_specs");
//if there is a swf already loaded, unload it
//OR compare the specs loader for eliminating the multiple loading
//swf_loader.unload();
//XML SWF_URL
var thumb_swf_url = toolsXMLList[event.target.name].@SWF_URL;
swf_loader.load (new URLRequest(thumb_swf_url));
trace(this.loaderInfo.url);
swf_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, swf_loaded);
trace("Tools_11 : swfLoader() has been read");
//var my_swf:Loader = Loader(event.target.loader);
//swf_container.addChild (my_swf);
}
public function swf_loaded(event:Event):void
{
swfHolder = event.currentTarget.content;
trace("yay completed");
}
...a lot more code giving playback functionality to the swf player
//CONSTRUCTOR
public function ToolsPage()
{
toolsXMLLoader.load(new URLRequest("tools_content.xml"));
trace("Tools_2 : XML has been loaded");
toolsXMLLoader.addEventListener (Event.COMPLETE, processXML);
trace("Tools_3 : Once XML is loaded, process the XML (processXML)");
}
}
}
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