Snippet 1 var loader:HTMLLoader = new HTMLLoader(); var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(urlToMyPDF); loader.width = 400; loader.height = 500; loader.load(url); var wrapper:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); wrapper.addChild(loader); addChild(wrapper); Snippet 2 if(HTMLLoader.pdfCapability == HTMLPDFCapability.STATUS_OK){ var loader:HTMLLoader = new HTMLLoader(); var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest(urlToMyPDF); loader.width = 400; loader.height = 500; loader.load(url); var wrapper:UIComponent = new UIComponent(); wrapper.addChild(loader); addChild(wrapper); }else{ //... }