Embedding external files using [Embed]
OK, I learnt this trick a few weeks ago from a co-worker. A user emailed me and asked if it was possible to embed an HTML/text file in a Flex application rather than having to load the files at runtime, similar to how you can embed images or whatnot.
Not being certain, I asked the team and got this response…
foobar.as
package {
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
[Embed(source="test.mxml", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
public class foobar extends ByteArray
{
}
}
import flash.utils.ByteArray;
[Embed(source="test.mxml", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
public class foobar extends ByteArray
{
}
}
test.mxml
<?
xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"
?>
< mx:Application xmlns:mx ="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete ="testMe()" >
< mx:Script >
<![CDATA[
public var myText:foobar = new foobar();
public function testMe():void {
trace(myText.toString());
}
]]>
</ mx:Script >
</ mx:Application >
< mx:Application xmlns:mx ="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete ="testMe()" >
< mx:Script >
<![CDATA[
public var myText:foobar = new foobar();
public function testMe():void {
trace(myText.toString());
}
]]>
</ mx:Script >
</ mx:Application >