Question

I am trying to get this to work for ages but doesnt seem to work out quite well
this is my code:

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;

var cola:Loader;

        cola = new Loader()
        cola.load(new URLRequest("resources/colabar.swf"));
        this.addChild(cola);
        //cola.currentLabel = "frame1";

This works. The .swf is in my stage now. Moving from frame to frame.

Obiously, when deleting the // its not working. And ill get this error message: 1119: Access of possibly undefined property currentLabel through a reference with static type flash.display:Loader.

Answer 1

Try this:

cola.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, colaCompleteHandler);

...

function colaCompleteHandler(event:Event):void
{
    var loader:Loader = LoaderInfo(event.target).loader;
    var mc:MovieClip = loader.content as MovieClip;

    if (mc) {
        mc.gotoAndPlay("frame1");
    }
}

i.e. wait for the SWF to load, then set the label.