var imageRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("myimg.jpg"); |
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We will be developing this Flash MX file: loader.fla (35kb). |
At first try to find an original idea, try to think how the preloader bar is going to look in the future, at some ocations it is good to make it according to the theme of the website. |
The concept for loading external images in Flash is to create an empty movie clip which will load the external image through the loadMovie actionscript function. |
- Specialized classes handle each task, so the performance is better - Data is encapsulated into the URLLoader.data property, so it doesn't overwrite any other variable in our movie - The event.complete event let us know when downloading finishes Other events |
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Flash on the beach 2009 - Day 1
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_root.createEmptyMovieClip("container",1); container.loadMovie("photo.jpg"); container._x = container._y = 50 ; _root.onMouseDown = function () { startDrag ("container",false) ; } _root.onMouseUp = function () { stopDrag () ; }
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This tutorial will teach you how to load content from an external text file dynamically into a Flash movie. The Flash Player is capable of dynamically loading various forms of external data such as texts, images, and many other forms at run time. Viewing your content this way makes the updating process of your website much easier as you do not have to generate new SWF files using your source FLA each time you want to update the content and instead simply edit those small text files that should have all the written content of your website. The text in the following example is being loaded at real time from a separate text file located on the server.
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loadMovie() method is one of the methods of Flash to load dynamically external content. |
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The aim of the tutorial is to learn how to create a Flash Movie which loads an Array of external images such as Jpegs or Gifs. These images would then be loaded individually into the Flash Movie as and when the user wished to look at them. This makes the Flash Movie much smaller and reduces the pre-load time for the Flash Movie. The individual images would each have there own pre-loader so that there is a small delay before loading individual images but no long wait at the beginning of the Movie. |
This last line of the PHP script could be confusing. What is this web page? |
129 Intermediate Flash Compatibility: Flash MX Only (Does not work in Flash 5 and for Flash 8/MX04: click here)
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There is a Library of Components that come with Flash and these components have predefined tasks. This makes the build/development of your Flash Movie quicker and easier. As you can see form the illustrations below they include things like Buttons, Check Boxes, Scroll bars etc. In this tutorial we are going to use the Buttons and Progress Bar.
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