I guess the way I would handle it is to create an empty movieclip and place the entire group, variables and all, inside.
Then setup a text area with in that movieclip and your batch of time line controls as well.

It really wouldn't be much more code than what you already have.
Also, the Loader class is a bit of a pain and should have been rewritten years ago.  After 3 tries to load a swf or jpg it will say COMPLETE even if the movie has not loaded yet.
I ended up writing my own loader class as a result.  Most of the code is based on the original Loader class but forces the loader to actually load the swf or image before firing an event.COMPLETE.

-Jake

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Robert Fraher wrote:

Darn!

I actually took extra care formatting this for email. Attached is an RTF doc with the cleaned-up code.

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On Aug 26, 2008, at 9:14 AM, Robert Fraher wrote:

Hi, Robert -

I've had good luck working with the structure outlined below:

var _contentHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip();var _externalSWF:Object = new Object();function loadAsset(assetURL, onAssetLoad):void {//var assetLoader:Loader=new Loader;var request:URLRequest=new URLRequest(assetURL);//assetLoader.load(request);assetLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onAssetLoad);}
function initializeContentHolder(event:Event):void {//var loaderInfo:LoaderInfo = event.target as LoaderInfo;_contentHolder.addChild(event.target.content);_externalSWF = loaderInfo.content;}loadAsset("externalSWF.swf", initializeContentHolder);
Using this approach, I target _contentHolder for any display activity (scale, rotation, etc.), and _externalSWF for any data (variables, MCs, etc.).

I hope this helps.

Bert

On Aug 25, 2008, at 11:56 PM, comeexplorecanada wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to add a TextField to a load external swf. Does anyone
know how to do this in AS3? Here is what I have tried (of course it
doesn't work):

private function addPage():void {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("page1.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);

var txt_0:TextField = new TextField();
txt_0.text = "Sample Text";
loader.addChild(txt_0);
}

Also in the future I would like to control the timeline of an loaded
external swf. Anyone know what it takes to be able to do this?

Robert S.

Robert Fraher

Candidate for M.F.A. in Interactive Design

University of Minnesota

http://www.umn.edu/~frah0005

Robert Fraher

Candidate for M.F.A. in Interactive Design

University of Minnesota

http://www.umn.edu/~frah0005