[Extendflash] Incorporate Items from an External Library

[David Crossman]

Thanks John, you set me on the right path. For anyone else who may be curious:

	currentDocumentName = fl.getDocumentDOM().name;
	currentDocumentIndex = fl.findDocumentIndex(currentDocumentName);
		//There has to be a better way to get current index.
	seekingClip = "MyClip"; //Set by code elsewhere
	var fileURL = fl.browseForFileURL("open", "Select file");
	var doc = fl.openDocument(fileURL);
	psLibrary = fl.getDocumentDOM().library;
	var itemIndex = psLibrary.findItemIndex(seekingClip);
	var theItem = psLibrary.items[itemIndex];
	fl.setActiveWindow(fl.documents[0]);
	fl.getDocumentDOM().addItem({x:0,y:0}, theItem);
	doc.close(false);

I make no promise that this is the best way to do this, simply the first way I found. I'm sure it'll probably change as I move forward.

Have a great day!

David Crossman
Senior Programmer
PARIO, INC.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: extendflash-bounces at flashguru.co.uk [mailto:extendflash-
> bounces at flashguru.co.uk] On Behalf Of John Deans
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:20 AM
> To: extendflash at flashguru.co.uk
> Subject: RE: [Extendflash] Incorporate Items from an External Library
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This is definitely achievable. You need to open the FLAs which contain
> your external library (as often as you need access to a different
> library), and that will give you access to the library.
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: extendflash-bounces at flashguru.co.uk [mailto:extendflash-
> bounces at flashguru.co.uk] On Behalf Of David Crossman
> Sent: 05 April 2006 17:47
> To: extendflash at flashguru.co.uk
> Subject: [Extendflash] Incorporate Items from an External Library
> 
> First time posting to the list...
> 
> I'm looking for a way to open an external library and bring library items
> into the current document.
> 
> Basically, I have an XML representation of my final state, and I want to
> copy into my current document, from various external libraries, only those
> items that are relevant.
> 
> I can't seem to find anything through multiple Google searches and looking
> back through this list. I'm fairly new to JSFL as well, but this is core
> need of a new feature set.
> 
> If I can't open and copy from an external library, how about if I used a
> starting point document that included all of the external libraries, as
> shared libraries, sorted into folders, and walked through them after
> building the new document and deleted from the library anything with a use
> count of 0?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> David Crossman
> Senior Programmer
> PARIO, INC.
> 
> 2451 Cumberland Pkwy
> Suite 3489
> Atlanta, GA  30339
> 
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> F 678.990.3658
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> dcrossman at parioonline.com
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