Actionscript 3 loading extern .swf

[iphone747]

hi@all,
i have a little problem with loading an extern .swf. I am working on a Adobe AIR Project, with Flash CS3 and the AIR Update. For my AIR Project i will use the Chatopica chat
link:Free Web Chat Widget - Chatopica

But if i load the chat into my basic .fla and start it i become an error message.

i used this script for loadind the extern .swf:

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://static.chatopica.com/chat.swf?=v0.9");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);

and this is the error message:

SecurityError: Error #2047: Verletzung der Sicherheits-Sandbox: parent: http://static.chatopica.com/chat.swf?=v0.9 kann nicht auf app:/Teeworlds2.swf zugreifen.
    at flash.display::DisplayObject/get parent()
    at mx.managers::SystemManager/executeCallbacks()
    at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::docFrameHandler()

I hope that anybody can help me with this problem

Thanks @all

[xInstinct]

Hi,
Try and add the loader only once it has completed loading.

loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addToStage);

function addToStage(e:Event)
{
     addChild(loader);
}

[iphone747]

hi xInstinct,

i tried it but if i start nothing appears. No error message and no chat. I hope that i paste your code correctly here is the complete script:

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://static.chatopica.com/chat.swf?=v0.9");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addToStage);

function addToStage(e:Event)
{
     addChild(loader);
}

Thanks

[xInstinct]

When I go the the link for the SWF file, It asks me to download it. What I'd do is download the file to your computer, into the same folder as your new .fla file, and make your code;

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("chat.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addToStage);

function addToStage(e:Event)
{
     addChild(loader);
}

See if that works :)

xInstinct

[iphone747]

Thanks a lot.
If i used your code i have the same problem, but if i used the idea with the download file with this code it works.

import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
var rect:Shape = new Shape();
rect.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
rect.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 1024, 768);
addChild(rect);
var ldr:Loader = new Loader();
ldr.mask = rect;
var url:String = "chat.swf";
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
ldr.load(urlReq);
addChild(ldr);

but now i have the next Problem. The Chat appears in his full widh. Is it possible to change the widh?

[xInstinct]

Ugh, sorry, I didn't have all the necessary code....

import flash.display.*;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.events.*;

var ldr:Loader = new Loader();

var url:String = "chat.swf";
var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
ldr.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, addMe);
ldr.load(urlReq);

function addMe(e:Event)
{
    addChild(ldr);
}

That should be much more stable

Lemme look at the resizing...

xInstinct

[xInstinct]

Alright, the resizing is actually a problem...

if you took your ldr...

ldr.width = 100;
ldr.height = 100;

It won't work, right?
However, this works by scaling the loaded SWF file by 50%;

ldr.scaleY = 0.5;
ldr.scaleX = 0.5;

But that can affect the quality of your SWF file...
So what about making a Sprite, or a MovieClip, and loading the SWF file into that:

var mySprite = new Sprite();
mySprite.x = mySprite.y = 15;
mySprite.width = mySprite.height = 200;
addChild(mySprite);

// In the function //
mySprite.addChild(ldr)
//  end function //

That didn't work for me either...
So, I went to the stage, drew a rectangle the width and height I wanted, and converted it to a movieclip, Also exporting it to ActionScript 3! So now you have the movieclip in your library, and it is the width and height you want!

So say you made your movieclip and called it "holder"
then you can do this;

var myMC:holder = new holder()
myMC.x = myMC.y = 15; 
// If you want to change height
// or width again, then...
// myMC.width = myMC.height = 200
addChild(myMC);

// in the function //
myMC.addChild(ldr);
// end function //

Should work, it just worked for me (my code is a bit different though as my project is different, but same concept)

xInstinct.