Loading a new swf from stream

[pixelthis]

Hi,

I load a swf file into the player (part0.swf) using:

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flashPlayer.PutMovieFromStream(fSWFPart1);


After this has run for a while, I try to play a differnt swf:

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flashPlayer.stopPlay;
flashPlayer.PutMovieFromStream(fSWFPart2);
flashPlayer.play;


However, the fist movie (fSWFPart1) seems to still be there, and starts playing again from the start instead of fSWFPart2.

Any ideas?

[Softanics]

Thank you for your question.

What if to try the following:

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flashPlayer.stopPlay;

flashPlayer.Movie := 'http://EMPTY';

flashPlayer.PutMovieFromStream(fSWFPart2);
flashPlayer.play;


?

Thank you.

[pixelthis]

No, still the same result. The first swf is still loaded.

Any other ideas? Or any chance of a bug fix?

[Softanics]

Could you please read this topic:
http://www.f-in-box.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=461

A customer did find working solution to reset flash control. Please try this method.

Thank you.

[pixelthis]

Hi,

This method still does not work. My code:

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flashPlayer.stopPlay;
flashPlayer.Movie := 'http://__';
Application.ProcessMessages;

flashPlayer.PutMovieFromStream(fSWFPart2);
flashPlayer.play;


After this code, fSWFPart1 is still playing.

What the 'Application.ProcessMessages' does in the customers case is clear the display, however the old swf file is also probably still loaded

It seems I am not able to clear a currently loaded swf and start playing another.

I am hesitant to create the flashPlayer in code, and then free it and create a new instance because of the memory leaks.

Regards,
Peter

[Softanics]

What about the idea: load some empty movie, and then load new movie?

Thank you.

[Softanics]

Also one small test: if you load fSWFPart2 (don't load fSWFPart1 at all), does it play well? May be something wrong with fSWFPart2...

Thank you.

[pixelthis]

Thanks for your continued suggestions. Appreciated.

Yes, fSWFPart2 works on its own (if called first), so that is not the problem.

BUT I am well on my way to finding the solution!

If I remove all calls to externalInterface out of the first swf, then the second swf loads fine!

I will continue to experiment to find out exactly why the bug occurs, and follow this post up.

[pixelthis]

SOLUTION (phew!)

I was calling an external function in Delphi from within Flash when a button in the flash was pressed:

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// Actionscript
on (release){
  flash.external.ExternalInterface.call('exButtonPressed');
}


This then in turn tries to load the next swf file:

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// Delphi
procedure TMainForm.exButtonPressed;
begin
  flashPlayer.PutMovieFromStream(fSWFPart2);
end;


Which results in fSWFPart2 actually not loading.

Thinking about this in hindsight it is very obvious that the swf is awaiting the result of the external interface call, and can therefore not unload itself.

I have not got the exact solution yet, but I may have to set a flag within Delphi, and then check this on a timer or in a thread to load the new movie once Delphi has finshed Flash's external request.

Any suggestions on how to handle this are welome!