MovieClipLoader class

MovieClipLoader.addListener()

MovieClipLoader.getProgress()

MovieClipLoader.loadClip()

MovieClipLoader.removeListener()

MovieClipLoader.unloadClip()

MovieClipLoader.onLoadComplete

MovieClipLoader.onLoadError

MovieClipLoader.onLoadInit

MovieClipLoader.onLoadProgress

MovieClipLoader.onLoadStart

new MovieClipLoader() : MovieClipLoader

MovieClipLoader.addListener()

Comments

recoveredfromflashMX2004 said on Aug 4, 2004 at 3:33 PM :

gauravgoel said on May 11, 2004 at 9:40 PM :

This feature is great but I am yet not able to find the way how to use this MovieClipLoader class to load sound ? Can someone pls. tell about that?


No screen name said on Jun 14, 2004 at 6:32 AM :

I did a test, if the LoadComplete was called, the picture was still not show in the screen. And I tried to get the mc's properties, the _height was still 0.Just wonder what does it means "LoadComplete"? Is there anyway I can get the mc's properties like "_height" or "_width" after the picture TOTOALLY complete loaded into SCREEN?
Sample code as follows:

var pic_mc:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip("tmp",1000);
var cube_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader;

myListener = new Object();
cube_mcl.addListener(myListener);

myListener.onLoadComplete = function(){
trace("sample.jpg completely loaded!!");
cube_mcl.removeListener(myListener);
trace(_root.pic_mc._height); //The trace output always "0".
}

cube_mcl.loadClip("Sample.jpg",pic_mc);


andreCassal said on Jun 17, 2004 at 7:03 PM :

use "onLoadInit" to get this info;


rg@mm said on Jul 2, 2004 at 10:43 AM :

It appears that updateAfterEvent() doesn't do anything during the progress callback, and timer events get very late during load, so progress bar animation becomes very jerky. Is there a "best practices" for displaying a progress bar? -- Trace() works fine, but I want to present feedback.


webweber@bluewin.ch said on Jul 13, 2004 at 12:50 AM :

This class seems to be a bit undecided wether it follows a event handler or a event listener model.

Obviously the event handler functions of a MovieClipLoader instance are automatically called when a event is broadcast. Thus this works fine:

var myMCL = new MovieClipLoader();

myMCL.onLoadInit = function(){
trace('completely loaded')
}

myMCL.loadClip('someMovie.swf', 10);

However, the documentation suggests to create a separate listener object, define the handlers on that object and add this listener via addListener();

Isn't that unnecessarily complicated?

The example above throws a compiler error when the MovieClipLoader instance is stricly typed:

var myMCL:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();

I guess there is an intrinsic class missing somewhere.

Is there hope that this will be fixed in the next version?

Vrvy said on Oct 16, 2004 at 12:03 PM :

Just a little scheme I use... I find examples too complex for some occasional copy/pasting...

var loaderObj:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loaderObj.addListener({
onLoadProgress: function() {
//*** do preloading things ***
},
onLoadInit: function() {
//*** do resizing ***
delete loaderObj;
}
});
loaderObj.loadClip( image-to-load, target-movie-clip );

roland212 said on May 2, 2005 at 2:44 AM :

What's the lifecycle/garbage collection rules for a MovieClipLoader?

It's not clear from the documentation when a MovieClipLoader goes out
of scope and is garbage collected.

Pascal323 said on Aug 12, 2005 at 12:55 PM :

It seems there is a few problems with the scope of things.

I have created a .swf movie which uses customized components and skins. The movie works just fine when I play it alone.

However, once I load movie A from movie B, the window contentpath of movie A cannot be found? Everything seems to be scoped to the movie B?