Could you post the code here, something to do with the casting of the module that is loaded.

The crash is occurring here in ChartBase.as

private function initStyles():Boolean

{

    HaloDefaults.init(styleManager);

                    var chartBaseStyle:CSSStyleDeclaration = styleManager.getStyleDeclaration("mx.charts.chartClasses.ChartBase");

                    chartBaseStyle.setStyle("chartSeriesStyles", HaloDefaults.chartBaseChartSeriesStyles); <<<<<<<<<<<  Occurs here.  chartBaseStyle is null.

                    chartBaseStyle.setStyle("fill", new SolidColor(0xFFFFFF, 0));

                    chartBaseStyle.setStyle("calloutStroke", new SolidColorStroke(0x888888,2));

    return true;

}

Not using PopUpManager.   The PopOut function does not use this, it opens the application in a new browser window.  And it works if I comment out the SWLoader.

The error occurs at loadtime, not as a result of firing any UI events.

Ah ha!  Caught me.  I will be back in a few hours to post it, I just shut down my VM.  I can tell you that instead of the two PopUpManager lines, I have two Layoutmanager lines.

Details in a few hours, though I know you might not respond until tomorrow.  Thanks for being so avaiable to answer questions!

This crashes, new test case.

{code}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"

                                 xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"

                                 xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="200" minHeight="200"

                                 xmlns:ns="library://ns.ntorus.com/common"

                                 >

          <s:layout>

                    <s:VerticalLayout paddingTop="8" paddingRight="12" paddingBottom="0" paddingLeft="12"/>

          </s:layout>

          <fx:Declarations>

          </fx:Declarations>

          <s:BorderContainer width="20" height="16" toolTip="Trend lines">

                    <mx:LineChart id="sparkGraph1" width="18" height="14">

                              <mx:seriesFilters>

                                        <fx:Array/>

                              </mx:seriesFilters>

                              <mx:horizontalAxis>

                                        <mx:CategoryAxis id="xAxis1" categoryField="Period"/>

                              </mx:horizontalAxis>

                              <mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>

                                        <mx:AxisRenderer axis="{xAxis1}"

                                                                                  minorTickPlacement="none"

                                                                                  tickPlacement="none"

                                                                                  labelGap="0"

                                                                                  showLabels="false"

                                                                                  showLine="false"/>

                              </mx:horizontalAxisRenderers>

                              <mx:verticalAxis>

                                        <mx:LinearAxis id="yAxis1"/>

                              </mx:verticalAxis>

                              <mx:verticalAxisRenderers>

                                        <mx:AxisRenderer axis="{yAxis1}"

                                                                                  minorTickPlacement="none"

                                                                                  tickPlacement="none"

                                                                                  labelGap="0"

                                                                                  showLabels="false"

                                                                                  showLine="false" />

                              </mx:verticalAxisRenderers>

                              <mx:series>

                                        <mx:LineSeries yField="Data" stroke="{stroke1}">

                                                  <mx:lineStroke>

                                                            <mx:SolidColorStroke id="stroke1" color="#1a5b8b" weight="1"/>

                                                  </mx:lineStroke>

                                        </mx:LineSeries>

                              </mx:series>

                              <mx:backgroundElements/>

                    </mx:LineChart>

          </s:BorderContainer>

          <ns:LoadingContainer id="loadingContainer" width="100%" height="100%">

          <s:VGroup width="100%" height="100%" visible="true">

          <s:Panel id="chartDisplay" height="200" width="100%" backgroundColor="#111111">

                    <mx:SWFLoader id="charts" source="Graphs.swf" height="100%" width="100%"/>

          </s:Panel>

          </s:VGroup>

          </ns:LoadingContainer>

</s:Application>

{/code}

Okay, have two errors for you.  Note that we run this app as both an internal and external app.

First error, as an internal swf using SWFLoader.

Error: Skin for GraphTest.ApplicationSkin2._ApplicationSkin_Group1.contentGroup.loadi ngContainer.SkinnableContainerSkin23.contentGroup.VGroup25.chartDispla y.PanelSkin27._PanelSkin_Group1.contents.contentGroup.performanceChart s.FlexLoader36.instance49.Graphs42.ApplicationSkin43._ApplicationSkin_ Group1.contentGroup.VGroup46.HGroup47.ddlGraphChoice cannot be found.

          at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/attachSkin()[E:\d ev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClasses\S kinnableComponent.as:698]

          at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/validateSkinChang e()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportC lasses\SkinnableComponent.as:443]

          at spark.components.supportClasses::SkinnableComponent/createChildren()[ E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\supportClass es\SkinnableComponent.as:406]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7634]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::childAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as :7495]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/addChildAt()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7199]

          at spark.components::Group/addDisplayObjectToDisplayList()[E:\dev\4.y\fr ameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:2037]

          at spark.components::Group/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::elementAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as: 1628]

          at spark.components::Group/setMXMLContent()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projec ts\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:633]

          at spark.components::Group/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projec ts\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:855]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7634]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::childAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as :7495]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/addChildAt()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7199]

          at spark.components::Group/addDisplayObjectToDisplayList()[E:\dev\4.y\fr ameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:2037]

          at spark.components::Group/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::elementAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as: 1628]

          at spark.components::Group/setMXMLContent()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projec ts\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:633]

          at spark.components::Group/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projec ts\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:855]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7634]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::childAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as :7495]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/addChildAt()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7199]

          at spark.components::Group/addDisplayObjectToDisplayList()[E:\dev\4.y\fr ameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:2037]

          at spark.components::Group/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::elementAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as: 1628]

          at spark.components::Group/setMXMLContent()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projec ts\spark\src\spark\components\Group.as:633]

          at spark.components::Group/set mxmlContent()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\componen ts\Group.as:573]

          at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/set mxmlContent()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\componen ts\SkinnableContainer.as:657]

          at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createDeferredContent()[E:\dev\4 .y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.a s:1050]

          at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createContentIfNeeded()[E:\dev\4 .y\frameworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.a s:1078]

          at spark.components::SkinnableContainer/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.y\fram eworks\projects\spark\src\spark\components\SkinnableContainer.as:885]

          at spark.components::Application/createChildren()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\ projects\spark\src\spark\components\Application.as:1504]

          at mx.core::UIComponent/initialize()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\fram ework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:7634]

          at spark.components::Application/initialize()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\proj ects\spark\src\spark\components\Application.as:1355]

          at Graphs/initialize()

          at mx.managers.systemClasses::ChildManager/childAdded()[E:\dev\4.y\frame works\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\systemClasses\ChildManager.as :189]

          at mx.managers.systemClasses::ChildManager/initializeTopLevelWindow()[E: \dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\systemClasses\C hildManager.as:359]

          at mx.managers::SystemManager/initializeTopLevelWindow()[E:\dev\4.y\fram eworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemManager.as:3057]

          at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::kickOff()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemMana ger.as:2843]

          at mx.managers::SystemManager/http://www.adobe.com/2006/flex/mx/internal::preloader_completeHandler()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\SystemMana ger.as:2723]

          at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()

          at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

          at mx.preloaders::Preloader/timerHandler()[E:\dev\4.y\frameworks\project s\framework\src\mx\preloaders\Preloader.as:542]

          at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch()

          at flash.utils::Timer/tick()

~~~~~~

And second error is an infinite loop when running the application on its own.  This is using the override you gave me.

Error: Error #1023: Stack overflow occurred.

          at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

          at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

          at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

  at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

  at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

  at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

  at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

  at Graphs/get moduleFactory()[C:\SVN\Graphs.mxml:10]

.... and on forever.

Okay, back from a nice weekend!

Any resolution yet?  While it looks like your office had some fun with the issue, I don't see a working solution for this 'unintended feature' of Flex 4.6.  Your project configuration really doesn't help me =)

4 posts up is my test case.  The only difference is that I added this code to my external swf:

override public function get moduleFactory():IFlexModuleFactory

{

    return FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.moduleFactory;

}

I cannot post the external swf code.

Summary of issue so far:

- When you have a flex project with ChartBase elements and attempt to imbed by SWFLoader another flex project with ChartBase elements, the imbedded swf will fail in a null exception when attempting to load the ChartBase styles.

- This was not an issue in Flex 4.5

- Removing all ChartBase elements from the host application allows the imbedded application to work perfectly.  Removing the imbedded application allows the host application to run perfectly.   They just can't run together.

Is there any chance that ChartBase itself is retaining some static reference to the first application that uses it, rendering the second inoperable?

I had similar problem. A module that uses Charts cannot load the styles.

The solution was to create a Class that has a property of the type of each Chart that is used. And create an instance of this class in the main "shell" app.

In my case we only used PieChart and ColumnChart, so I just needed to add two properties.

import mx.charts.ColumnChart;
import mx.charts.PieChart;

class MxComponents
{
private var varChartsOne:PieChart;
private var varChartsTwo:ColumnChart;
}

hi，I find a solution:

as flowing:

in the main mxml file, add a chart object  which type you used in the module file

for example:

private var _PieChart : PieChart = new  PieChart();

then the application work correct.

hope to help.

override public function get moduleFactory():IFlexModuleFactory

{

    return FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.moduleFactory;

}

I don't see how this is going to work when you have e.g. a LineChart that wants to get it's styles in a Module. Do you want me to extend all LineChart classe and then add this function everywhere where the stylemanager is used?

Olivier

Need some help. I can't get any of the solutions to work?? Thanks!