Comments on: QueueLoader AS3 rev 8

By: djdonovan

djdonovan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:38:25 +0000

I've posted a stable rev. Some features have been lost to the svn as they need more testing. Go here

By: Next2Heaven

Next2Heaven — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:40:03 +0000

Oh…got it. Just use:

if(oEvent.name=="application1″) oApplication1 = oEvent.file;

By: Next2Heaven

Next2Heaven — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:05:33 +0000

One hang up with this is doing multiple swf's though. When in the INIT function how do you set the right variables like:

oApplication1 = oEvent.file;
oApplication2 = oEvent.file;

See the problem? Could you use an if/then on the 'name' variable your attaching to it like:

if(oApplication1.content.name == "application1″) oApplication1 = oEvent.file;
…etc?

The ideas above work great for one swf but 2+ causes issues. Anybody have an idea?

By: tasovi

tasovi — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:47:05 +0000

or even simpler:
oApplication = oEvent.file;
oApplication.start();

By: tasovi

tasovi — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:22:56 +0000

I found out, that instead of doing:

var SWFClassReference:Class = getDefinitionByName(“SWFClass”) as Class;
var _oSWFClass:* = new SWFClassReference();
swfClass.doFunction();

you also do:
oQueueLoader.addItem("application.swf", oApplication, {name:"application"});

and once it is done loading you can say:
oApplication = addChild(oEvent.file);
oApplication.start();

the good thing is, that you don't have to know the name of the class that comes with your loaded swf!!!!

By: Next2Heaven

Next2Heaven — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:05:00 +0000

Very, very cool. That's exactly what I needed. Thank you! I'm keeping an eye on this script as it evolves. Makes life lots easier when you have a lot of dynamic content. Thanks again!

By: djdonovan

djdonovan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:20:30 +0000

Thanks man!

backtheme.gotoAndStop() would be accessing the swf's container.

To access the actual loaded swf's timeline you would need to use var mc:MovieClip = event.file; in an onItemInit or onQueueInit handler.

then you could do mc.gotoAndStop("label");

Let me know if that helps.

By: Next2Heaven

Next2Heaven — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:03:53 +0000

Love this loaderQueue…having one issue though. I'm adding a swf to the queue and need to use gotoAndStop on certain frames of the clip. Here is the basic code:

public var _oLoader:QueueLoader = new QueueLoader();
public var backTheme:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
_oLoader.addItem("assets/backTheme_nature.swf", backTheme, {title:"Image"});
addChild(backTheme);

…later on…
backtheme.gotoAndStop("Screen2″);

This isn't working. Am I missing something?

By: djdonovan

djdonovan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:26 +0000

I'll include this in the next revision.

By: Manuel Fritsch

Manuel Fritsch — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:19:22 +0000

Hi,

great JOB! – but i have one specific problem: since we use a CMS (Plone/Zope) which doesnt use file extensions, the loader doesn't work because he can't assing the file_types at this part i.e.:
if(currItem.url.match(".jpg") != null) _currType = FILE_IMAGE;

(of course not) – so there should be an option to assign the expected file type at the addItem function for this case. that would be great.