[osflash] Shared Library symbols

[Rob Bateman]

how are you importing sharedSymbols.swf in your main movie? if you are just
using loadMovie then the contents of the sharedSymbols.swf library will only
be accessible for attaching inside the loaded swf.

If you want the sharedSymbols.swf to act as a shared library, then you have
to import it as such in your main movie. Create a library item called the
same name as one of your items in sharedSymbols.swf. select 'import for
runtime sharing' and enter sharedSymbols.swf in the url textfield. (*note:
the library clip you do this with cannot be exported with a linked library
name from your main movie, but you only need to do this once for the entire
contents of a swf library to be imported for runtime sharing. I usually have
a blank movieclip exported in my shared library swf specifically for this
purpose).

On creating your imported movieclip, you should get a pop up that says 'this
is imported from a shared library. If you edit this symbol, it will no
longer be imported. Do you want to continue?' Perversely enough you need to
hit "No" in order to keep your movieclip as an imported library item.

Lastly, you need to make sure the imported movieclip is present on the main
movie timeline, so that the playhead passes it. This is necessary to
actually get the player to pay attention to the shared library and load it
in. If you want to preload your shared library swf you can always use a
loadMovie on the sharedSymbols.swf in a preloader, and when the playhead
reaches the imported movieclip in the timeline, it will loaded
sharedSymbols.swf as a shared library from the browser cache which should be
fairly intantaneous

Rob





On 8/2/06, erixtekila <erixtekila at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Don't know if it's possible but i know that i'm going crazy with
> > import/export assets
> >
> > pps : it works for fonts with this method :
> > http://www.v-i-a.net/blog/archives/000043.html but not for symbols
>
> Don't become mad ! ;)
> I have tested the solution with graphics assets and got no good results
> as you.
>
> Don't know why, but this trick seems font only…
> (I dreamt of it also)
>
> HTH
> -----------
> erixtekila
> http://blog.v-i-a.net/
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