Actionscript 3 Edit main timeline from an external swf

[oswader2]

Okay, I have been going crazy all weekend trying to figure this out. All I want to do is communicate with the main timeline from a loaded external swf.

So, I have loaded a external swf called "test.swf" from the main swf called "basetest.swf"

So, on basetest.swf I have this code, simply loading test.swf:

var request2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("test.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.load(request2);
addChild(loader);
stop();

On test.swf i have a button, upon clicking this button i want it to go to the second frame of basetest.swf:

thebutton.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, button_function );
thebutton.buttonMode = true;
function button_function( evt:MouseEvent ) {
trace( "button" );
}

thebutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click);
function click(evt:MouseEvent):void {
//How do i get to the second frame of basetest.swf!?!
}

Again, on test.swf I want to gotoAndPlay(2); on the timeline of basetest.swf. This is a very simple thing to do in AS2, but doesn't seem clear to me how to accomplish this in AS3.

Any help would be VERY MUCH appreciated.

[RamNik]

I'm happy to say that I had the same problem and after searching around a lot found out that:
1- if you use a MovieClip object in your "basetest.swf" like this:

var loader:Loader;
var holder:MovieClip;
loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.CO MPLETE,onMovieComplete);
loader.load(new URLRequest("01Intro.swf"));

function onMovieComplete(e:Event):void
{
holder = MovieClip(e.target.content);
holder.x = 251.95;

addChildAt(holder,12);
}

2- then in your "test.swf" you could use the gotoAndPlay like this to access the main movie time line:

MovieClip(this.parent).gotoAndPlay(2);

I think this solves your problem
Also if you noticed, I use addChildAt to enable me to put my external clip in desired layer (top layer of your time line is 1 and so on)

[egilarntzen]

does that mean that "addChildAt(holder,12);", holder is the name of the layer and 12 is frame 12?

Thanks.

[graphicguru_india]

Hi,
Iam using this code to load my external swf's on a movie clip for each one seperatly by clicking on each button.
function loadarvswf(e:Event):void
{
emc.removeChild(loader);
var newSWFRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("Aerial_View.swf");
loader.load(newSWFRequest);
MapTitle.text = "Aerial View of Map";
emc.addChild(loader);
legndpopup.visible = false;
mappopup.visible = false;
pdfToLoad = "pdfs/Aerial_View.pdf";

}
in this extenal swf i have some area's to hightlight. This should be happen from main movie because the same hightlights will be in other swf's as well. So i need your deep help in this.
in AS2 we use to do in levels.
_level1.mc_name.mc_shape._x +=5;
how to do this in AS3?
//this is the function to scale the shape
function iconscale(e:Event):void
{
//loaded swf mc.shapemc.action
emc.shape1.scaleX = emc.shape1.scaleY = 50;
}
//mainmovie movieclip.submovieclip.buttoninmc.eventfire
legndpopup.legndicons.btn_1.addEventListener(Mouse Event.CLICK,iconscale);

please help me friends.

[lkristoffersen]

I'm happy to say that I had the same problem and after searching around a lot found out that:
1- if you use a MovieClip object in your "basetest.swf" like this:

var loader:Loader;
var holder:MovieClip;
loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.CO MPLETE,onMovieComplete);
loader.load(new URLRequest("01Intro.swf"));

function onMovieComplete(e:Event):void
{
holder = MovieClip(e.target.content);
holder.x = 251.95;

addChildAt(holder,12);
}

2- then in your "test.swf" you could use the gotoAndPlay like this to access the main movie time line:

MovieClip(this.parent).gotoAndPlay(2);

I think this solves your problem
Also if you noticed, I use addChildAt to enable me to put my external clip in desired layer (top layer of your time line is 1 and so on)

Awsome, it works, it took me ages to find a good solution for this, it enables easy calls to the swf using mclipname.gotoAndPlay(#) and can be killed with a simple removechild(mclipname);
Thanks a bunch Ramnik