Preloader and FlashVars

[almogdesign 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi so,

I'm using a loadermax as a preloader its ease, simple and works great. However I need to pass string date to my main swf file and not the preloader what's the best solution for this, can laodermax pass date between swf files?

 

Here is my current code -

/* Create the swf loader */

_swfLoader = new SWFLoader("main.swf",{alpha:0,container:this,name:"mainSWF",x:0,y:0,estimatedBytes:3500,scaleMode:"none",crop:true,onProgress:progressHandler,onComplete:_completeHandler, onError:_errorHandler});

_swfLoader.load(true);

 

Thanks,

Almog

[GreenSock 8,117 Likes (Superhero)]

You can certainly use the SWFLoader's rawContent to pass data.

 

function completeHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
   var mc:MovieClip = mySWFLoader.rawContent;
   mc.setCustomData(flashVar1, flashVar2); //you create the setCustomData() method in your main class
}

 

But it's probably cleaner to just access the stage's loaderInfo to get the parameters directly. Just make sure you wait until the child swf is added to the display list to run the code, otherwise "stage" will be null.

 

//in your child:
if (this.stage != null) {
   init(null);
} else {
   addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}

function init(event:Event=null):void {
   removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
   var myVar1:String = this.stage.loaderInfo.parameters.myFlashVar;
}

[Jayse 0 Likes (Newbie)]

You can certainly use the SWFLoader's rawContent to pass data.

 

function completeHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
   var mc:MovieClip = mySWFLoader.rawContent;
   mc.setCustomData(flashVar1, flashVar2); //you create the setCustomData() method in your main class
}

 

But it's probably cleaner to just access the stage's loaderInfo to get the parameters directly. Just make sure you wait until the child swf is added to the display list to run the code, otherwise "stage" will be null.

 

//in your child:
if (this.stage != null) {
   init(null);
} else {
   addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
}

function init(event:Event=null):void {
   removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
   var myVar1:String = this.stage.loaderInfo.parameters.myFlashVar;
}

 

Im having the same problem. How can I send the vars to the SWF? I tried this:

 

// first try
queue.append( new SWFLoader("swf/" + game, {name:"activeGame", estimatedBytes:3000, container:this, x:0, autoPlay:true, requireWithRoot:this.root}) );

//second try
queue.append( new SWFLoader("swf/" + game, {name:"activeGame", estimatedBytes:3000, container:this, x:0, autoPlay:true, FlashVars:"Joe=test"}) );

 

 

How can I declare the vars into the child SWF?

[GreenSock 8,117 Likes (Superhero)]

I already provided two solutions above - did you try those?

[almogdesign 0 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks works great.