Aral Balkan: Historical Archive — I's all about the SWF: Implementing Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) in Flash

I's all about the SWF: Implementing Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) in Flash

Charles Krempeaux's question on the MTASC list on how to create and use dynamically linked libraries in Flash prompted me to create a utility class called DLLLoader (yes, that's three L's, so sue me!) that lets you easily work with ActionScript code libraries compiled as SWFs.

You can download the classes, a sample application and read more about it on the Using a SWF as a DLL page on OSFlash.

Comments

Just what I was looking for yesterday when I was setting up one of my projects with FAMES.

Really great - thanks Aral!
by Kim Hansen on 2005-06-03 10:32:15
Looks very good and promising, but unfortunaly the link to the zip is going wacko and gives me an empty zip (mac all browsers).
The way you write and code is a joy to read thanks.
by Folkert on 2005-06-04 01:41:31
Hi Folkert,

Thanks for alerting me to this -- apparently using the image upload facility in DokuWiki for zip files doesn't really work :)

I've fixed the link now!
by Aral Balkan on 2005-06-04 06:14:04
I've been using plain ol' shared libraries as DLL's when needed. I haven't needed recently or I'd remember exactly how to do it well enough to explain it here...but it's possible. You end up with an SWF full of compiled classes.
by Mark Hawley on 2005-06-07 15:06:38