setting visibility based on the load

[fancy_menace]

so i have some thumbnails for a gallery and im trying to make them only appear if the user has loaded a thumbnail for it. i will let the code speak...

if (_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.myBytes <= 100) {

_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail]._visible = true;


} else {
_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail]._visible = false;


}
}


i cant seem to get the operator or the measuring correct. is there some glaring error in the "<=" or something ?

[dplows]

Use 0 & 1 instead of True & False....

invisible:
_visible = 0;

visible:
_visible = 1;

[a_modified_dog]

Use 0 & 1 instead of True & False

this will not make any difference as the values are totally interchangable

F_M - what do you get from this trace -

trace(_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.myBytes);

[dplows]

hmm...never knew

[fancy_menace]

a_m_d

it says "undefined"....hmm. a clue ?

[a_modified_dog]

do you get any output by tracing the result within an OEF loop
(code on main timeline, same frame as your path .. _root.mainarea....... )

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
trace(_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.myBytes);
};

[fancy_menace]

so i put this as an OEF in the gallery section and instead of having the path include the result of a variable ([thumbnail]) i wrote it in so the path is:

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
trace(_root.mainarea.six.galleries.galleryone1.bla nk.myBytes);
};

and that just gives me another 'undefined' in the output.

i just made a test movie that just has a jpeg in a MC and put the same trace code on and it says 'undefined' as well:

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
trace(this.tester.myBytes);
};

[a_modified_dog]

where does myBytes come from ?
how are you setting this variable ?

try tester.getBytesLoaded()

have a read of the Help Files -
ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference
ActionScript classes > MovieClipLoader

This class lets you implement listener callbacks that provide status information while SWF, JPEG, GIF, and PNG files are being loaded into movie clips.

[fancy_menace]

ok, thanks for your help with this AMD. i have got the trace thing working now but my test cant seem to distinguish between a thumbnail that has been loaded with a jpeg and one that hasnt now:

onClipEvent (load) {
initial = "galleryone";
thenumber = 1;
textnumber = 1;
thumbnail = initial + thenumber;
thumbimage = "thumb_" + thumbnail;
loadMovie("images/"+[thumbimage]+ ".jpg", _root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank)

_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.getBytesLoaded()

trace(_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.getBytesLoaded());

if (_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.bytesLoaded <= 100) {

_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail]._visible = false;


} else {
_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail]._visible = true;


}
}

[a_modified_dog]

if (_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.bytesLoaded <= 100) {

should be -

if (_root.mainarea.six.galleries[thumbnail].blank.getBytesLoaded() <= 100) {