Noob question - sorry

[acto]

Hi,

 

I'm using LoaderMax to load an swf into a main container, in my loaded swf I have a button, I would like to get this button to trigger a function in my container, I tried these methods:

 

1 - In my loaded swf I have my button call the function that is defined in my main movie:

 

linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, linkButtonClick);

function linkButtonClick(e:MouseEvent): void {
MovieClip(parent.parent).myFunction();
}

 

This returned an error...

 

2 - I tried to add an event listener to the LoaderMax onCompleteHandler:

 

function completeHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
    trace(event.target + " is complete!");

var loadedSWF:MovieClip;

   loadedSWF = MovieClip(event.currentTarget.content);
function linkButtonClick(e:MouseEvent): void {
myFunction()
}
}

 

This doesn't work at all, I probably have syntax errors...

 

I don't know how to do this, could you lease help, I'm stuck

 

Thank you in advance,

 

acto

[Carl]

I got the following to work with no errors.

 

in the main movie that loads in your loaded swf have a function like:

 

function onParentFiredFromLoaded(){
trace("the sub clip called this function in the parent container movie");
}

 

in your loaded external swf have something like:

 

 

btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, test);

function test(e:Event){
trace("fired from btn");
trace(this.parent.parent as MovieClip);
var parentMovie:MovieClip = this.parent.parent as MovieClip;
parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded();


}

[acto]

Hi,

 

Thank you for your help but I'm getting an error: TypeError: Error #1006: onParentFiredFromLoaded is not a function.

at s01_01_fla::MainTimeline/test()

 

In my loaded swf I have this code:

 

linkButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, test);

function test(e:Event){
  trace("fired from btn");
  trace(this.parent.parent as MovieClip);
  var parentMovie:MovieClip = this.parent.parent as MovieClip;
  parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded();
}

 

and in my main swf I have this:

 

function loadSubSections(): void {
if (s01Instance == s01S01 && s01S01Loaded != 1) {
var loader:LoaderMax = new LoaderMax({name:"mainQueue", onProgress:progressHandler, onComplete:completeHandler, onError:errorHandler});


loader.append( new SWFLoader("s01_01.swf", {name:"subSection01", estimatedBytes:3000, container:Object(root).s01s01_container, autoPlay:true}) );

loader.load();

function progressHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
trace("progress: " + event.target.progress);
}
 
function completeHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
trace(event.target + " is complete!");
}
}

function onParentFiredFromLoaded(): void {
  trace("the sub clip called this function in the parent container movie");
  }

 

Can you see what's wrong? I don't get it...

 

acto

[Carl]

i think i see it, you are loading your clip into a different container than me.

 

you have:

loader.append( new SWFLoader("s01_01.swf", {name:"subSection01", estimatedBytes:3000, container:Object(root).s01s01_container, autoPlay:true}) );

 

and your function doesn't live in s01s01 it lives on the root stage

 

and i was loading directly into the main timeline aka this

loader=new SWFLoader("ext.swf",{container:this,x:0,y:0,alpha:0,name:"swf1",onComplete:completeHandler});

 

try adding one more parent to your path

 

trace("fired from btn");

trace(this.parent.parent as MovieClip);

var parentMovie:MovieClip = this.parent.parent.parent as MovieClip;

parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded();

[acto]

Ok I got it to work... wheeew

 

The problem was the ()

 

This does not work:

 

function test(e:Event){
  trace("fired from btn");
  trace(this.parent.parent as MovieClip);
  var parentMovie:MovieClip = this.parent.parent as MovieClip;
  parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded();
}

 

This works:

 

function test(e:Event){
  trace("fired from btn");
  trace(this.parent.parent as MovieClip);
  var parentMovie:MovieClip = this.parent.parent as MovieClip;
  parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded;
}

 

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it!

 

acto

[acto]

Ok, sorry for the last post, it still doesn't work

 

I'm not getting the error but can't call the onParentFiredFromLoaded function...

 

I will try something and get back with the results, hopefully they will be positive,

 

Thx,

 

acto

[Carl]

that is very odd. glad to hear you got it working though. you are welcome.

[acto]

OK!!!

 

Now it works,

 

This is the code:

 

function test(e:MouseEvent){
  trace("fired from btn");
  trace(parent.parent.parent as MovieClip);
  var parentMovie:MovieClip = parent.parent.parent as MovieClip;
  parentMovie.onParentFiredFromLoaded();
 }

 

 

Thank you for your help and putting me on the right track

 

acto

[Carl]

awesome. you had me scratching my head. nice work on fixing it.

[acto]

Thank you again