flash 8 smoothing workaround = endless problem

[clarpark]

Hello, I am hoping some kind soul will look at the code below and tell me how to get this working correctly. It's quite simple probably.

I have an XML photogallery. But the flash movie that the gallery lives in is scaleable so I needed to apply a redraw bitmap data workaround so that I can turn smoothing on. Annoying that flash 8 wont make this easier to do. Anyway, I can't figure out how to unload the bitmap data before redrawing another one. As a result when the user clicks on the next button, the image alpha's off and then fades back in immediately, then when then new image is loaded it comes into view. It's because my if loaded == filesize thinks the _mc picture is loaded because the draw bitmap script keeps the data in the mc... Is this enough info?



function loadXML(loaded) {
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
firstImage();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load(_parent._parent.productsLoad);
/////////////////////////////////////
listen = new Object();
listen.onKeyDown = function() {
if (Key.getCode() == Key.LEFT) {
prevImage();
} else if (Key.getCode() == Key.RIGHT) {
nextImage();
}
};
Key.addListener(listen);
previous_btn.onRelease = function() {
prevImage();
};
next_btn.onRelease = function() {
nextImage();
};
/////////////////////////////////////
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
//picture.unloadMovie();
picture._alpha = 0;
//picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
loadBitmapSmoothed(image[p], picture);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
}
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
//picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
loadBitmapSmoothed(image[p], picture);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
function firstImage() {
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
//picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
loadBitmapSmoothed(image[0], picture);
desc_txt.text = description[0];
picture_num();
}
}
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
}
stop();


import flash.display.*;

function loadBitmapSmoothed(url:String, target:MovieClip) {
//bmc.unloadMovie();
// Create a movie clip which will contain our unsmoothed bitmap
var bmc:MovieClip = target.createEmptyMovieClip("bmc",target.getNextHi ghestDepth());

// Create a listener which will notify us when the bitmap loaded successfully
var listener:Object = new Object();
// Track the target
listener.tmc = target;

// If the bitmap loaded successfully we redraw the movie into
// a BitmapData object and then attach that BitmapData to the target
// movie clip with the smoothing flag turned on.
listener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip) {
mc._visible = false;
var bitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(mc._width, mc._height, true);
this.tmc.attachBitmap(bitmap, 1,"auto", true);
bitmap.draw(mc);
};

// Do it, load the bitmap now
var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
loader.addListener(listener);
loader.loadClip(url, bmc);
}

[clarpark]

still hoping someone can help...

[cancerinform]

If I understand correctly:
var bmc:MovieClip = target.createEmptyMovieClip ("bmc", target.getNextHighestDepth ());

you are creating continously new MovieClips, when the function is evoked. Replace target.getNextHighestDepth () with a number like 1.