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Flash ABI

From OpenLaszlo

If the Laszlo ABI to Flash is documented, it is easier to mix & match technologies.

Relevant technologies to produce Flash content include:

  • ActionScript (using Flash or mtasc)
  • Flasm
  • Neoswiff
  • Xamlon
  • haXe

These are the questions that needs to be answered:

  • Using Laszlo .swf's in other .swf's
  • Using other .swf's with code in a Laszlo .swf
  • Variable & function ABI
  • GUI ABI

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Including Laszlo .swf's in other .swf's

You can load a .swf in another .swf using the loadMovie call. In ActionScript: 

_root.createEmptyMovieClip("swfHolder", 1);
swfHolder.loadMovie("externalSwf.swf");
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("loadMonitorMc", 2);
loadMonitorMc.onEnterFrame = function() {
  if (_root.swfHolder.isLoaded) {

    // What is the correct syntax to access variables in Laszlo compiled .swfs?

    var myVariable = swfHolder.myVariable;
    trace("SWF has loaded and has value " + myVariable);

    // What is the correct syntax to access functions in Laszlo compiled .swfs?

    swfHolder.myMethod(2);
  }
}
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Using other .swf's with code in a Laszlo .swf

How to do this in Laszlo?

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Variable & function ABI

How can I access a Laszlo variable, objects and functions from another .swf? I.e. look at the example above.

And of course the other way: How can I access variables, objects and functions from another .swf in Laszlo?

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GUI ABI

How can I interface the GUI loop from Laszlo into another Flash host, which has it's own GUI system? And the other way: How can Laszlo be extended to use another Flash files' GUI loop?

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