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Loading External SWF Into Another SWF – And Getting the Movie Clip Out of it

21 Jun 2010
Posted by xeophin

When getting an external SWF using a loader in ActionScript 3, you usually not getting the the MovieClip contained within. Luckily, the loader you used to get the SWF has a property content that contains that movie clip – and with that, also the timeline.

Props to Jonas, who told me that. I just hope I am getting it right here, since I finally didn't use it in my project ...

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When getting an external SWF using a loader in ActionScript 3, you usually not getting the the `MovieClip` contained within. Luckily, the loader you used to get the SWF has a property `content` that contains that movie clip – and with that, also the timeline.Props to Jonas, who told me that. I just hope I am getting it right here, since I finally didn't use it in my project ...
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