TLF + SWC = huge mess

[Joseph_Saade]

The scenario is simple, have an SWC that contains some TLF.

include the SWC in an fla and try to create an object of a class in the SWC, it will blow up.

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::MovieClip@22486f21 to fl.text.TCMText.

    at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren()

    at flash.display::Sprite()

    at flash.display::MovieClip()

Currently there are no real solutions I can find that will help.

[Jin-Huang]

Hi Joseph_saade, you may want to duplicate the question to http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_general, because it seems a flash pro issue. fl.text.TCMText is a class inside flash pro library.

[Guest]

Hey man, all you got to do is add a TLF text field onto the stage of your FLA, create your SWC from it and Bob's your uncle. I was struggling with this myself for a few hours.

[Joseph_Saade]

I still have the same error even when I create a TLF on the stage of the swc

[Guest]

OK. This works if you are not including the swc in an fla but are instead including it in a pure actionscript project (flash builder)

In fla for swc, let's call it tlfAssetSwc:

In library path add swc: $(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/libs/11.0/textLayout.swc and set it's linkage to mergeed into code.

Place any tiny random tlf textfield on the stage.

Create tlfAssetSwc.swc file

In actionscript project that uses tlfAssetSwc:

In library path add swc: tlfAssetSwc, merged into code

Don't forget to add $(AppConfig)/ActionScript 3.0/libs/tlfruntime.swc merged into code as well.

I tried it with adding the swc to an fla and you are right it craps out.

I would suggest using swcs for all your flash-authored assets and then bringing them into a pure action script project. Everything seems to flow so much better...

Good luck.