Access flashvars in preloader in flex?

Question

I want to access some flashvars in my preloader to a Flex application. How is this possible?

Regards Adlertz

Answer 1

Try the loaderInfo.parameters attribute of the preloader.

Answer 2

From the preloader, you should be able to access the flashvars indirectly through the SystemManager as follows:

var systemManager:SystemManager = parent.parent as SystemManager;
var params:Object = LoaderInfo(systemManager.loaderInfo).parameters;

Answer 3

I have accessed the flashvars using loaderinfo from the root of my preloader-sprite.

var flashvars:Object = root.loaderInfo.parameters;

The tricky part was to know when the root wasn't null. But I found a blogpost:

http://dndigital.net/blog/2008/08/accessing-flashvars-in-a-custom-flex-preloader/