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Load JPG In Loader In MC (flash 8)

Hi, i'v got a problem and I don't know how to solve it. I'm working on it for al long time and don't get the solution

My AS:
code:
this._lockroot = true;

// RECENT IMAGES LOADERS //
var picturesXML:XML = new XML();
picturesXML.ignoreWhite = true;
picturesXML.onLoad = function(ok) {
if (ok) {
var images:Array = picturesXML.firstChild.childNodes;
for (var i = 0; i<images.length; i++) {
trace(images[i].attributes.project);
imgURL = images[i].attributes.afbeelding;
//projectURL = images[i].attributes.project;
var loaderMC = _root.holder.duplicateMovieClip("holder"+i,i);
loaderMC._x = 100;
loaderMC._y = 100+200*i;
loaderMC.loader.contentPath = imgURL;
}
} else {
//error
}
};
picturesXML.load("myXMLDoc");

stop();

I've got a MC called holder and in it there is a loader called loader. Now I want to load the jpg's in the loader but that don't work. Duplicate the "holder" works fine, but I can't get the jpg loaded in the loader.

Please Help!

FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash ActionScript
Posted on: 11-08-2005, 10:02 AM

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var nodes = XmlInput.firstChild.childNodes;

for (i=0;i<nodes.length;i++) {
//var mcListItem:MovieClip = new MovieClip();

if (LastX > (PicFrame._x + PicFrame.width + 85)) {
LastX = PicFrame._x;
LastY = LastY + 150;
}

ThisItem = "Girl" + i;

MC = attachMovie("XmlItem", ThisItem, i, frame);

MC._x = LastX;
MC._y = LastY;

ContentPath = nodes[i].attributes.img;

MC.imglocation = ContentPath;

MC.textval = nodes[i].attributes.name;

eval(ThisItem).LinkImage.contentPath = ContentPath;

LastX = LastX + 100;

list.addItem(nodes[i].attributes.name);

//lstList.addItem(nodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue,i);

}

}

XmlInput.load("products.xml");

Pre Loader And Load Movie Issue
I have a website with a preloader that works fine. But I have other preloaders inside the website that load movies as well. Some of them work fine but some the swf will start before the preloader is finished. How do I det the movies to not start until the preloader is finished. here is my code.
thanks

loaderMC._visible = false;
loaderMC.onEnterFrame = function() {
var picLoaded = this._parent.container.getBytesLoaded();
var picBytes = this._parent.container.getBytesTotal();
per = Math.round((picLoaded/picBytes)*100);
if (per>4) {
this._visible = true;
}
this.percent.lbl_txt.text = per+"%";
this.gotoAndStop(per);
if (picLoaded/picBytes>=1) {
this._visible = false;
delete this.onEnterFrame;
}
};
stop();

Can I Have More Then 1 Loader Or How Can I Track Load Of Instances?
Hello, does anybody know if I can have more than one loader?

Ive made a thumbnailviewer with children, but when I track the progressevent, the loader sum it all up to 1 load.
I want a loader for each picture, how could this be done?
So can I have more then one loader progressevent?

any help much appreciated.!

ps. the "i" in last simpleloader function is there for test, and not because I know what to do!

Attach Code

var imagenames:Array = new Array("preview011.jpg","preview010.jpg","preview009.jpg")
var simpleloader:Array = new Array();
for(var i:int = 0; i < imagenames.length; i++) {
simpleloader[i]= new Loader();
simpleloader[i].load(new URLRequest(String(imagenames[i])));
simpleloader[i].x += i * 200;
addChild(simpleloader[i]);
}
simpleloader[i].contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener( ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, handleProgress );
function handleProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void {
var percent:Number = event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal * 100;
loaded_textfield.text = String(int(percent)+"%");
}

Pre-loader With Load Movie Action
does the main SWF load all the associated SWF's on initial load up, or do the associated SWF"S load when there activated???

i'm finding that my pre-loader only works with the main movie and not when i activate any associated movies. The pre loader is visible on levels 1,2,3 etc but seems doesn't load anything.

this tells me that all associated movies are loading with the main movie which defeats the purpose of the load movie action. This might answer my question a couple of threads down regarding load up time of my main SWF.

how can can I make level 1,2,3 SWF's load when there activated???

thanks

Load XML Selection From List Box To Loader...
Hello,

First, thanks to everyone that has posted to the site. Definately helped in getting as far as I did working with Flash and XML (thx senocular).

Two questions:

I've attached the files so you can see what I'm talking about.

#1 How do I format the data in my listbox and combo box so it only show the "string" data and not the tags and random commas as well? (The combo box has unnecessary commas and the listbox shows tag data from XML)

I'm not sure if it's in my XML or the way I'm using the XML connector.

#2 I got the XML data to the combo box and the selection from the combo to the list box. How would I get the users selection from the listbox to load a .swf into the loader component?

Again, I'm not 100% of how well I did my XML and I have no idea how to use the XML connector in that way.

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<posterlist>
<posterlistgroup name="Nice Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Nice Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
<posterlistgroup name="Large Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Large Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
<posterlistgroup name="Medium Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Medium Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
<posterlistgroup name="Sexy Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Sexy Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
<posterlistgroup name="Horrible Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Horrible Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
<posterlistgroup name="Party Posters">
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 1</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 2</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 3</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 4</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 5</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
<posterinfo>
<posterlistings>Party Posters 6</posterlistings>
<description> posters/poster1.swf</description>
</posterinfo>
</posterlistgroup>
</posterlist>

Any help or direction would be great.

The file is 630KB, you can download it here.

The .swf can be viewed at this link.

Thanks.

Loader Component Refuses To Load
Hi all,

I have made a button which loads a swf file into a loader component. Works fine.

Then inside the swf are pictures which I 've converted to buttons and then added the following action onto:

on (release) {
container.contentPath = "img.jpg";
}

The file img.jpg is in the same dir as the rest of the site. Don't get a error messages just doesn't do anything.

What am I missing? I'm aware this is a newbie question. And I have googled and searched the forum. But I'm still perplexed why it doesn't do anything.

Cant you load buttons into a loader and then add action to these buttons within the loader?

Appreciate an answer.

Best regards
Vidir

Loader Component Does't Load Certain Swf Correctly
Hi, i learned how to do a basic site using Loader component from within flash to load external .swf. [works fine] was my first homework

now decided to create a simple "loader" that i could use as a gallery of my flash projects, thinking i could simply have a loader and fetch every swf i made and scale it to a box so viewers could click next and browse through all the swf i made....

That's when the problem started...

so i have the basic code that works fine but as soon as i put .swf file with either a preloader(within the swf that i fetch with my loader) or a component....3 problems occur
1-(doesn't worry me too much)the buttons within the fetched .swf files stop working...(i m sure there's a work around i'll check that later)
2-"Scale" set as "true" wont work properly or at all
3-the buttons i use to choose the swf to fetch only work once?!?!

My train of though....

Quote:

(2) I would assume that either the files cannot scale properly as the "scale=true" looks at the preloader within the swf or the file isn't loaded when the "scale=true" kicks in???
(3)as i see the preloader from within the swf flash the secound time i click on the button(the one that fetch the ext. swf) i would guess that the 2 preloaders are conflicting....no clue why.

Now if you read all that i must thank you for not giving up on me i really have issues in terms of explaining myself!!!
i did try all kind of combination (IE removing the "myLoader" preloader, changing the path to the swf from myloader.contentPath = "swf1.swf"; to mcLoader.loadClip("swf1.swf",myloader); nothing works.
Am i just crazy or is it just imposible to export to loader component files with other component or existing preloader...anything?? i m all ears??

thanks again for reading all this i just ratter give all the info that i can.

Code:
//-----------Initialization---------\
extLoader_mc._visible = false;
//-----------------------------------\

//--------Movie Clip Loader----------\
var mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
var myListener:Object = new Object();
mcLoader.addListener(myListener);
myListener.onLoadProgress = function(target_mc,bytesLoaded,bytesTotal) {
extLoader_mc._visible = true;
var pctLoaded = Math.round(bytesLoaded/bytesTotal*100);
extLoader_mc.extLoaderBar_mc._xscale = pctLoaded;
if (bytesLoaded >= bytesTotal) {
extLoader_mc._visible = false;
}
}
//myloader.contentPath = "swf1.swf";
mcLoader.loadClip("swf1.swf",myloader);
//-----------------------------------\
//---------------Buttons btn1_mc---------------\
btn1_mc.onRollOver = function () {
btn1_mc.gotoAndPlay("_over")
}
btn1_mc.onRollOut = function () {
btn1_mc.gotoAndPlay("_out")
}
btn1_mc.onRelease = function () {
// myloader.contentPath = "swf1.swf";
mcLoader.loadClip("swf1.swf",myloader);
}
//-----------------------------------------\
("myloader" is in fact called like that, i m not a fan of capitals.)

>>Using A Pre-loader, W/ Percent, To Load Multiple Things...
<>Hey all, I need a preloader to load an entire site, mostly HTML, and display it's current percent loaded, as it progresses.
I know how to get a pre-loader to do this with one file, but how is this done with a large variety of HTML file, images, etc?? How do ya tell the same loader to load multiple things?
Thanks anyone!

Changing .alpha On A Loader.load() Image
I'm just now playing with Loaders and am loading external .jpg images to my movie. I can get the Loader to .load and display the image..that's all working. However, I'm trying to fade the image down by 2 on every enterFrame event. The EnterFrame handler that I've worked is running because trace() messages show up. But the loaded image doesn't fade.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

---DamianHart

[MX04] Pre-Loader And Load Movie PROBLEM
Hello,

So i have a movie with a preloader from following this great tutorial: http://www.hypergurl.com/blog/flash/...preloader.html

I did everything right, and he did too. It's just that, my movie itself won't load. Its a quite large file, about 200 MBs on www.trixmasta.com uploaded through FTP. When I open the swf file itself on my computer it opens in a while, and streams fine. But opening through a url online, took over 10 mins still not loading the swf. By loading though a media player I created, and a "loadMovie" statement the movie would stream quite nicely in my swf media player file, only problem was that it stopped a few times to load the swf from my website. Therefore I wanted to create a pre-loader, and i did so. It worked all the way up to towards the end of the tutorial. Then it stopped working, I don't know why, and how. Thats the problem, when I 'Test Movie' it in flash, it loads but barely, plays at like 100 times slowed down. Then I tried putting this media player swf online at www.trixmasta.com and, the movie didn't load at all.

My fla is attached, and the online swf media player is:

http://www.trixmasta.com/RH%20Media%20Player.swf

and the raw file being loaded is:

http://www.trixmasta.com/How%20to%20SSH.swf (200 Mb's file, very large to load).

Load Random Content Into Loader Component?
As the subject suggests, I'm trying to load random content (regular old jpg's in this case) into a loader component.

I have an old script I found around the web before, where I basically make a new keyframe on the main timeline with a loader component in each one and the file in the content path of the parameters part like normal and the script tells it to gotoAndStop on a random frame.

But, this time, I have about 50 pics to randomize. I'm wondering if there's an easier way (more like a less tedious way) to do this where I don't have to make 50 keyframes and click all over to change the filename on each one.

Is there any way to just have 1 loader component, and then an action script that says "here's a list of images, display a random one when we load the page and stop there"? I'm thinking there must be some way to do it with XML too to specify all the images, but I never worked with XML & flash together before

So how can I do this? Anyone have any ideas? I'm not big on writing script stufff, so this one has be a little stumped even though I'm sure it's easier than I think. Any help would be greatly appreciated ;)

Trying To Load Vars Into A Text Area & Loader
So I am trying to load variables from a .php file into a movie clip and then plug in those variables to various fields and for some reason its not working...so heres whats going on...(this is for the staff page for my church) (and yes I have read the tutorials :P )

In the primary timeline we have this line...

loadVariables("./middleware/staff.php?id=" + staffID, staff_panel, "GET");

We are loading the variables into the movie clip which contains our various fields...the value for staffID is created in the previous frame when the user click on that person's icon, we know for sure that this is being passed correctly to this frame, because I have a text box in the main timeline which displays the number.

The resulting string from the .php file looks like this...

staffNameE=Jason+Webb&staffTitleE=Lead+Pastor&staffDescE=Jason's+bio+goes+here...&picLoader=./images/staff_pics/jwebb.jpg&staffEmail=webmaster@brooklife.org

Within the movie clip that the variables are being loaded into we have this....it loops till the var load is done and then writes the information to the fields...

while (L ne "stop"){
if (staffNameE ne ""){
staffName = staffNameE;
staffTitle = staffTitleE;
staffDesc.text = staffDescE;
staffPhoto.load(picLoader);
L = "stop";
}
}

So lol what am I doing wrong, it all seems right to me but I am kind of new at the flash thing...thanks for the help. :)

Using One Loader Class To Load Multiple SWFs?
Hello Community,

Pulling my hair out on this one. I want to use a single loader (from the Loader Class) to, sequentially, load an SWF to a unique movieclip on the stage. I have one Loader that I want to load the external files: "peel0.swf", "peel1.swf", ..., "peel9.swf" into 10 corresponding movieclips (that already exist on my stage): "peel0_mc", "peel1_mc", ..., "peel9_mc".

The problem with my code is that it doesn't load all but the last peel. Everything seems to be cranking away as desired until I look at the contents of my peels -- only the "peel9_mc" gets the "peel9.swf" external file loaded into it. When I slow things down with "Simulate Download" I can see that the 0 through 8 "peelX_mc's" get loaded with the proper SWF but when the "loop" moves to the next in line, it disappears from the mc. It's as if the *.addChild method is not sticking.

Any input would be greatly appreciated,

-john

Attach Code

//----------INITIAL CONDITIONS
var peelLoader:Loader = new Loader();// my loader from the Loader Class
var urlPeel0:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel0.swf");// I have 10 SWFs that I want to load in at these URLs
var urlPeel1:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel1.swf");// the array below contains all requests defined here
var urlPeel2:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel2.swf");
var urlPeel3:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel3.swf");
var urlPeel4:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel4.swf");
var urlPeel5:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel5.swf");
var urlPeel6:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel6.swf");
var urlPeel7:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel7.swf");
var urlPeel8:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel8.swf");
var urlPeel9:URLRequest = new URLRequest("./swf/peel9.swf");
var urlPeelArray:Array = new Array(urlPeel0,urlPeel1,urlPeel2,urlPeel3,urlPeel4, urlPeel5, urlPeel6, urlPeel7, urlPeel8, urlPeel9);
var loadCurrentPeel:uint = 0;
var totalPeels:uint = 10;// total number of peels (SWFs I want to load in
//----------FUNCTIONS
function peelLoaded(e:Event):void {// gets called when loading from the peelLoader is complete
this["turntableContainer"]["peel" + loadCurrentPeel + "_mc"].addChild(peelLoader);
this["peelSelectors"]["peelPreloader" + loadCurrentPeel].visible = false;
if (loadCurrentPeel < (totalPeels - 1)) {// increases my index by one and goes back to load the next SWF
loadCurrentPeel++;
loadPeels(loadCurrentPeel);
}
};
function loadPeels(loadCurrentPeel:uint):void {
this["peelSelectors"]["peelPreloader" + loadCurrentPeel].visible = true;
peelLoader.load(urlPeelArray[loadCurrentPeel]);// my URL request is inserted from the appropriate value in the array
peelLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, peelLoaded);
};
function initiateScene():void {// sets the application's default state -- peel0 selected and ready to go
loadPeels(loadCurrentPeel);
};
//----------INITIAL FUNCTIONS
initiateScene();
//----------BUTTONS

Telling Parent Movie Loader To Load Something
hi geniouses,

i basically need (urgently) to tell a parent mc to tell its loader to load a swf.

for the example, lets say swf1 loads swf2 through Loader1. i need a btn in swf2 to tell Loader1 (in swf1) to load swf3 (which automatically unloads swf2)

one more thing, does anyone know why my PDF download works in mac but not in windows? My code is:

this.PDF_btn.onRelease=function(){
_root.getURL("Mami_TermLifePDF.pdf",_blank,"GET")
}

thanks so much! may life be good to you!

Loader Doesnt Load Content In Firefox
I have created an application using flash and the loader component to showcase some cars however i have noticed that the loader component loads the images in Internet explorer but not flash does anyone have an idea as to why this is so? It worked perfectly while it was on my local machine but it doesn't work at all on the server. All suggestions and comments will be warmly welcome. Also how do you find the size of a jpg picture in a loader?

Can't Call Play() When I Load SWF File With Loader
So ... my code:

var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("some.swf");
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.name = "loader";
loader.load(req);

stage.addChild(loader);
loader.play(); (i try loader.content.play() but ... error)

Please HELP ME