[loading and looping SWF files]

Yeah, I figured it wouldn't be that easy. The client wants both functionality though - looping playback and then a table of contents to start from any chapter.

 

Thanks.

[loading and looping SWF files]

Sorry, that really didn't help. With the code I have, it's not like I can set the index of the loader to something other than the order that the queue is set to. At least I don't know how to do it. Every time I call swfs.load() it starts from the beginning of the queue. I want to be able to start from any point in the queue.

 

var swfs:LoaderMax = new LoaderMax({onComplete:completeHandler,onProgress:progressHandler,onChildComplete:childCompleteHandler});

swfs.append(new SWFLoader("hie.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));
swfs.append(new SWFLoader("rhapsody.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));
swfs.append(new SWFLoader("conclusion.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));


function progressHandler(e:LoaderEvent):void {
trace(e.target.progress);
}

function childCompleteHandler(e:LoaderEvent):void {
trace(e.target + " loaded");
e.target.content.visible = false;
}

function completeHandler(e:LoaderEvent):void {
trace("all swfs loaded");
// progress_mc.visible = false;
initCurrentLoader();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, trackSWFPlayback);
}

function initCurrentLoader() {
   loaderIndex++; 
if (loaderIndex == swfs.numChildren) {
	//reset back to 0 if the last swf has already played
	loaderIndex  = 	0;
}

//dynamically reference current loader based on value of loaderIndex

currentLoader = swfs.getChildAt(loaderIndex);

//make the content of the current loader visible

currentLoader.content.visible = true;

//tell the current loader's swf to to play

currentLoader.rawContent.gotoAndPlay(1);
}


function trackSWFPlayback(e:Event):void {
//trace(currentLoader.rawContent.currentFrame);

//detect if the loaded swf is on the last frame

if (currentLoader.rawContent.currentFrame == currentLoader.rawContent.totalFrames) {

	trace("swf done");

	//hide and stop current swf
	currentLoader.content.visible = false;
	currentLoader.rawContent.stop();


       //set up and play the next swf
	initCurrentLoader();


}
}
playall_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, loadSWFs);

function loadSWFs(e:MouseEvent):void{
// load_btn.visible = false;
swfs.load();
}

[loading and looping SWF files]

OK, the looping is working perfectly. But what if I wanted to create a table of contents and start playing the loop from another choice instead of the first?

 

So, this looks like an Array, but apparently it's not:

 

var swfs:LoaderMax = new LoaderMax({onComplete:completeHandler,onProgress:progressHandler,onChildComplete:childCompleteHandler});

swfs.append(new SWFLoader("hie.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));
swfs.append(new SWFLoader("rhapsody.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));
swfs.append(new SWFLoader("conclusion.swf", {container:container_mc, autoPlay:false}));

 

So when I call on swfs.load(); to start the looping, I thought I could pass in a position to start, but it's not possible. I thought the loaderIndex could be incremented, but it doesn't work.

 

Any suggestions?

[loading and looping SWF files]

Awesome! Thanks so much. I'll look into that code sample.

[loading and looping SWF files]

Thanks for the response, but wouldn't that code simultaneously load SWFs? I need to load a SWF, play through it and when it's complete, load the next SWF play it, and continue through 6 SWF files and then play at the start again.

 

If they all get loaded into the same instance (container: this) then I understand I wouldn't need to use unload(). But eventually, I want the administrator to be able to get out of the loop, so an unload() would be necessary then.

[loading and looping SWF files]

LoaderMax is great for loading SWF files. However, I want to be able to load a sequence of SWF files with animations in them and loop their playback. I can use loaderMax to load the next SWF at the end of the previous one, but what do I do when I get to the last one? If each SWF was loaded in the container and the container was defined as container:this, does it wipe out the previous SWF? Do I need to unload the last SWF? Is there an unload function?