images in array

[jjyang]

Hi,

I am new to AS3 and FLEX.

here is my code:

public var FloorImage:Array = ["1.png","2.png","3.png","4.png","4.png"];

now the images are stored in the array. say, i want to use image 1.png to draw on the screen by using the bitmap and bitmapdata components.
how would i go about it?

thank.

JJ

[ck_drknes]

right now, that array is just an array of strings, not an array of images. What you have to do is load those images from external files. If you were using air it would be pretty simple, but to do it in either air or flex 2.0 (i put your current array in floorImagesURLs and the loaded images will go in floorImages):

code:

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import flash.display.Loader;

import flash.display.Bitmap;

import flash.net.URLRequest;

import flash.events.Event;



public var floorImagesURLs:Array = ["1.png","2.png","3.png","4.png","4.png"];

public var floorImages:Array = [];

public var doneLoading:Boolean = false;



private var loader:Loader;

public function loadFloorImages():void{

    loader = new Loader();

    loader.load(new URLRequest(String(floorImagesURLs[0])));

    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.CO  MPLETE, loadNext);

}

private function loadNext(e:Event):void{

    floorImages.push(loader.content as Bitmap);



    if(floorImages.length == floorImagesURLs.length) {

        doneLoading = true;

        return;

    }



    loader = new Loader();

    loader.load(new URLRequest(String(floorImagesURLs[(floorImages.length-1)])));

    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.CO  MPLETE, loadNext);

}

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a bit messy, but it should work, just call loadFloorImages() and then when doneLoading == true, you can use the images from floorImages.

Then to use those images as bitmaps: if you want to use 1.png, you would simply use floorImages[0], 2.png is floorImages[1], etc..

EDIT: I dont know why, but flashkit keeps putting spaces in Event.COMPLETE. There shouldnt be any there.

[jjyang]

hi, ck_drknes, thanks for the reply. i am going to try now. really appreciate it.