Call Parent Doc Class Public Function from Child

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Trying to unload a child SWF by calling the parent document class function from the child document class...

 

Loading as such from Main Document class: (SWF loads and plays fine)

if(currAsset is SWFLoader){
	container_mc.addChild(currAsset.rawContent);
	currAsset.rawContent.gotoAndPlay(1);
	
}

Also, within Main Document Class:

public function swfFinished():void {
	var currAsset = media.getChildAt(mediaTracker-1);
	currAsset.content.visible = false;
	currAsset.rawContent.gotoAndStop(1);
	container_mc.removeChildAt(0);
	currAsset=null;
	//set up and play the next swf
	managePlayBack();
}

Then -

From the Child SWFs Main Document Class:

This function is fired once the SWF is done (last frame of SWF calls this), this fires but doesnt trigger parent function of swfFinished().  

private function done():void {
	var curParent:MovieClip = this.parent.parent.root as MovieClip;
   	curParent.swfFinished();
}

Any ideas?

 

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From the child swf, this.parent says its referencing the stage.  

 

so this.parent.parent should be the container_mc?  

 

adding another parent (this.parent.parent.parent) should be the stage of the parent application?

 

but what about the document class of that parent?  :/

 

I should add that these sub SWFs are being loaded into an AIR app.  SWFs are pulled from Server...  Am I even able to access the public functions within the AIR app from the loaded SWFs?

[Carl 9,066 Likes (Superhero)]

your loaded swf lives inside a ContentDisplay Sprite inside of container_mc. 

 

I think you need to add one more .parent to get to the root swf's functions.

 

http://greensock.com/asdocs/com/greensock/loading/display/ContentDisplay.html

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Thanks Carl for helping out...

 

So I added a simple text field on stage to try to determine what is being referenced and for displaying errors.

 

Environment:

AIR app runs on desktop and loads in externally hosted SWF files.  This all works great since I have a crossdomain policy in place.

 

However; after your suggestions.  I am getting a #2047 error.  Any ideas?  Is it not possible to call public functions of an AIR app from externally hosted SWFS?

private function showSomething():void {
	try {
		this.dText.text = "parent  " + MovieClip(this.parent.parent.parent.parent);
	} catch(e:Error) {
		this.dText.text = e.errorID+"\nError Message : "+e.message;
	}
			
}
		
private function done():void {
	this.dText.text = "done";
	var curParent:MovieClip = this.parent.parent.parent.parent as MovieClip;
   	curParent.swfFinished();
}

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If this is not possible given my scenario, do you know of any work arounds?  I was thinking about adding some custom listeners and events but not sure if that would even help in this scenario.

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Side note...

 

To set back the SWF timeline of the child swf, is it

someAsset.rawContent.gotoAndStop(1);

or 

someAsset.content.gotoAndStop(1);

 

These would all be loaded into the container_mc

[Carl 9,066 Likes (Superhero)]

Yeah those 2047 errors have to do with security violations. Not really sure what in your environment is causing that.

 

To communicate with a loaded swf via its SWFLoader use

 

someSWFLoader.rawContent.gotoAndPlay(1)