Load external *swf - error #1009

[Vinnie]

Hello,
I want to load following swf: http://www.flepstudio.org/forum/down...do=file&id=103
into my main stage. The movie itself runs perfectly but as soon as I call it through the main stage it throws a

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at collection/init()
at collection()

I tried

public function collection() {

if (stage == null) {
addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, loadXML);

} else {
Security.LOCAL_TRUSTED;
init();
loadXML();}
}

but this only leads to another error.
It would be great if somebody could help me to fix this issue.

Thanks
Vincent

[Vinnie]

Never mind...I figured it out. Thank you very much Flep!!! Your tutorials are great!

Vincent

[oliverbass]

Hi,

Would you share the solution you found Vinnie ?
I get the same error message while trying to load an external swf file...

Thanks

[Flep]

Hi,

Would you share the solution you found Vinnie ?
I get the same error message while trying to load an external swf file...

Thanks

Yeah

Or,
Oliver, attach the files I'll have a look.

[oliverbass]

Hi Flep, thanks for your answer

I'm trying to load an external swf file (a photo gallery I found on ffiles.com) but I get an error message.
I came across your forum while Googling my error message.
If there's a quick way for you to help me I would be very grateful but I don't want to bother your with code that you didn't wrote or presented on your website.

The code I use to load the movie is :

var thisMovieClip:MovieClip;

var thisLoader:Loader = new Loader();

thisLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, doneLoading);

thisLoader.load( new URLRequest("galerie.swf") );

function doneLoading(evt:Event):void {

thisMovieClip = MovieClip(thisLoader.content);
thisMovieClip.x = 510
thisMovieClip.y = 340
addChild(thisMovieClip);

thisMovieClip.stop();

}

the exact error message is :

TypeError: Error #1009: Il est impossible d'accéder à la propriété ou à la méthode d'une référence d'objet nul.
at classes::Script$iinit()
TypeError: Error #1009: Il est impossible d'accéder à la propriété ou à la méthode d'une référence d'objet nul.
at classes::ImageViewer$iinit()
at classes::Script/::xmlLoaded()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/flash.events:EventDispatcher::dispatchEventFunctio n()
at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()
at flash.net::URLLoader/flash.net:URLLoader::onComplete()

(sorry, french version...)

I have to admitt that I don't understand half of the code...and error message...
I'm amongst the huge quantity of non-programmer graphics designers who had a shock discovering that Flash CS3 doesn't allow some easy tricks anymore...

But again, I would perfectly understand if you can't support this one.

[Flep]

Hi,
I think you have some code into the external SWF that try to call some objects and it does not get it.
You can easy solve by using ADDED_TO_STAGE event.

Add into your external SWF that event:

addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE,init);

function init(evt:Event):void
{
	// here write the code
}

[oliverbass]

Hi Flep,

Thanks a lot for your help.
When I add the code with the ADDED_TO_STAGE event, I get an error message related to packages (unexpected package)

I think I have to start everything over instead of copying pieces of code that I don't fully understand...

The other sections of your website will certainly be of great interest to help me to learn AS 3 from the start

[Flep]

I think the following tutorial can help you:

Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE