Very basic question (embedding swf)

[bobby_mcgee]

Hello, I'm new to Flash Builder and trying to do something that I think should be very simple, but having a hard time with.

I'm trying to embed a Flash game I've developed into a Flash Builder application. I use the following code:

<mx:SWFLoader id="game" source="../games/flashGame.swf" scaleContent="false" autoLoad="true" width="800" x="0" height="600" y="0" minWidth="800" minHeight="600" />

But when I click the run button I only get a blank white pop-up, nothing is displayed. What am I doing wrong?

Regards,

Steve

[Guest]

Do you have the <mx:SWFLoader> element wrapped inside the <mx:Application>. Please see the documentation here for more information http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=controls_15.html

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

Does putting flashGame.swf in the src folder help?

[bobby_mcgee]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately neither adding the <mx:Application> tags nor putting the game in the "src" folder worked. It may just be a problem with my computer, I'm going to try it on another computer to see if that helps.

Steve

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

Hi Steve,

Try putting this code in your main MXML file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml">

    <mx:SWFLoader id="loader1" source="flashGame.swf"/> 

</mx:Application>

Make sure flashGame.swf is in the src folder. This should do the trick.

If it still does not work, a possibility to think of is whether flashGame.swf runs by itself or if it has code in it that prevents it from being loaded via a swfloader.