Loading external SWF files

The loadMovie() function lets you load SWF files from a network or local file. This feature is only available in Flash Lite 1.1 and later. The following caveats apply when you load external SWF files:

Flash Lite can load other Flash Lite 1.0 or Flash Lite 1.1 SWF files, or Flash 4-formatted SWF files or earlier. If you attempt to load a SWF file in another format (for example, a Flash Player 6 SWF file), Flash Lite will generate a runtime error.
Flash Lite cannot directly load external image files, such as JPEG or GIF images. To load these types of media, you need to convert the image data to the SWF file format. You can do this "manually" with the Flash authoring tool by importing the image file into a new document, and then exporting the file to a Flash Lite or Flash 4 SWF file. There are also third-party utilities that can perform this type of conversion for you automatically.

For more information about loading SWF files, see loadMovie() in Flash Lite 1.x ActionScript Language Reference.

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