Embed exported MMF2 SWF in FLA using CS4

[Digitalic]

I am sure I read a message somewhere, in which someone stated that they had embedded an MMF2 exported SWF into a FLA by using Flash CS4.

Can someone point me in the right direction, or even better, produce a dummy's guide to to it?

I have Flash CS4 but rarely use it; I have been hand coding Actionscript 3.0 in FlashDevelop for some time now.

Thanks

[Steven]

Evilized did it Link

[Digitalic]

That's the one; thanks for the link Steven.

Unfortunately, there is not enough information there. UrbanMonk gave a response...

It's easy to do if you have flash, just embed the mmf generated swf iinto the preloader.

...but that doesn't help me unfortunately.

Currently searching the web for solutions. Preloading seems to be one of those strange things that is not as easy to achieve as it should be!

[Steven]

PM Evilized. He's pretty friendly

Steve

[Digitalic]

I have the solution (at least, the solution that I need for the moment)! I did not use Flash, but instead used my preferred AS3 development platform which is Flash Develop (it's totally free) and helps me to keep my code nice and clean.

As ever, it's easy when you know the answer! The code below does not take into account window size, etc, so you can see objects outside the MMF frame. I'll try to find time to tidy it up and make it more useful, but as it is it's a start, and should enable MMF users to package their MMF-created SWFs into AS3 code quite easily. I envisage that it could be used for such processes as implementing more advanced preloaders, advertising, etc.

package {
    import flash.display.*;

    public class Main extends Sprite {
        [Embed(source='MyMMF.swf')]
        private var MyMFF:Class;

        public function Main() {            
            var mmfSWF:Sprite=new MyMMF();
            addChild(mmfSWF);
        }
    }
}

Pleas note that I have only carried out very limited testing with the above code in Flash Develop; I just wanted to post it here ASAP just in case it could save someone else some time.