Portrait of the Sleep Deprived aka. locus blog

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" width="90" height="20" backgroundAlpha="0">
	<mx:DateField id="dateField" height="20" width="90" showToday="true"/>
</mx:Application>

var loadedMC:MovieClip;
var flex:*; // inside the loadedMC
 
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderCompleteHandler);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loaderIOErrorHandler);
loader.load(new URLRequest("DateChooser.swf"));
 
function loaderCompleteHandler(e:Event):void{
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaderCompleteHandler);
	loader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loaderIOErrorHandler);
 
	addChild(loader);
	loadedMC = loader.content as MovieClip;
	loadedMC.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, flexLoadedHandler);
}
 
//tricky part - wait for flex to initialize
function flexLoadedHandler(e:Event):void{
	if(loadedMC.application != null){
		//stop/cleanup
		loadedMC.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, flexLoadedHandler);
 
		flex = loadedMC.application;
		flex.dateField.formatString = "DD/MM/YYYY";
		flex.dateField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, dateChangeHandler);
	}
}
function loaderIOErrorHandler(e:IOErrorEvent):void{
	  trace("dateChooser swf not found");
}
 
function dateChangeHandler(e:Event):void{
	trace(e.target.selectedDate);
}