[osflash] Assimilating Loaded SWFs with a Class

[Rob Bateman]

Maybe i'm not understanding things fully, but what's stopping you
assimilating the root of your loaded swf from inside that swf's timeline?

On 8/28/06, Anthony Lee <mail at tonio.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this question is beneath this list. I'm posting it here because
> I figure most of you are familiar with this development style.
>
> Basically I'm wondering how I can attach a class to a loaded SWF so that
> I don't have to explicitly reference the container clip every time I
> want to manipulate the loaded SWF's assets.
>
> I'd like to me able to do something similar to Aral's root assimilation
> main example:
> http://aralbalkan.com/360
>
> target.__proto__ = this.__proto__;
> target.__constructor__ = Application;
> this = target;
>
> Specifically I'm working with the V2 components from a loaded SWF's
> library. I know there a couple of other recommended ways to get them
> compiled into the base SWF but I like to keep them separate.
>
> So I start out with my Main class which is now _root (thanks to Aral).
>
> Next I have a class that makes a MovieClip and loads the component
> library SWF into it. This class is itself a MovieClip attached to
> Main/_root using this recommended convention:
>
> static var symbolName:String = "__Packages.ComponentLoader";
> static var symbolOwner:Function = ComponentLoader;
> static var symbolLinked=
>           Object.registerClass(symbolName, symbolOwner);
>
> My problem starts after that, I don't know the correct method of
> attaching the ComponentHandler class to the newly loaded movie.
>
> Clear as mud? I posted the tiny abridged code here if anyone would be
> good enough to take a look.
>
> http://tonio.com/assim.zip
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tony
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