loading remote jpg's

[ljones]

Hey Gang,

Is there a way to load external jpg's from a remote location, so a user can access jpg's on our server from an swf on theirs? Must the jpg's reside in the same dir as the swf?

Best regards...
Lance

[Panguino]

hehe I dont know the answer but, just warning you dont ask about preloadin them cuz you will never get a straight answer take it from me cuz i have been there done that.

Im sure it can be done with like _root.folder.something but I hope someone has a better explaination for ya. sorry i couldnt help more

[chosenson]

It is actually very easy to accomplish. > See attachment < (The scripting includes comments describing what was done and why)

I also have a thought about this;

hehe I dont know the answer but, just warning you dont ask about preloadin them cuz you will never get a straight answer take it from me cuz i have been there done that.

Im sure it can be done with like _root.folder.something but I hope someone has a better explaination for ya. sorry i couldnt help more

If you don't have an answer, why reply? Sorry you couldn't help more! You helped?!!!

I have found that if you don't get a [good] answer, it is probably due to not asking the right question, not explaining the problem correctly/fully.

Am I complaining? Yes. This isn't directed to just one person, but to all those that post nothing of any help, just a post.

[Loyal Rogue]

Originally posted by chosenson
Am I complaining? Yes. This isn't directed to just one person, but to all those that post nothing of any help, just a post.

You mean like this?

[Loyal Rogue]

Originally posted by Panguino
just warning you dont ask about preloadin them cuz you will never get a straight answer take it from me cuz i have been there done that.

Maybe you didn't ask the right way...?


Seriously, you can have a preloader for an externally loaded jpeg into a MC.
The empty clip will return a size of 4 bytes when you check using getBytesTotal()
Set up a loop that keeps checking the getBytesTotal(), if the value is below 10 then keep playing the "loading" animation.
If the value is above 10, then the picture is finished loading and you can goto a frame beyond your preloader loop.

picLoaded = emtptyClip.getBytesTotal();
if (picLoaded > 10) {
        gotoAndPlay("showpicture");
} else {
        gotoAndPlay("loading");
}

[chosenson]

You mean like this?

YES!!!

[oldnewbie]

...If the value is above 10, then the picture is finished loading and you can goto a frame beyond your preloader loop.

Guess you ment... If the value is above 4 then something is loading in that movie clip, but that it won't necessarilly be finished loading when it's just over 10... What if the picture is 200kbs?

[Loyal Rogue]

Originally posted by oldnewbie
...If the value is above 10, then the picture is finished loading and you can goto a frame beyond your preloader loop.

Guess you ment... If the value is above 4 then something is loading in that movie clip, but that it won't necessarilly be finished loading when it's just over 10... What if the picture is 200kbs?

In my searching, it seems that the big problem everybody has with jpeg preloaders is that getBytesTotal() doesn't give you a progression of the content thats loading, but waits until the whole jpeg is finished loading before it changes value.
What I gave is just a workaround to that problem.
You can see this preloader code in action at http://www.meolistudio.com/meolixml/meoliflash.html when viewing the photographs in the portfolio.
Do you know of a percentage preloader that gets around this problem with jpegs?

[oldnewbie]

And what about getBytesLoaded() ?

[Loyal Rogue]

Oops, I misspoke.

So are you saying that getBytesLoaded() will give you a progressive result of a jpeg that is loading into an empty movieclip that you can then use to make a percentage preloader?
I was under the impression that only worked with swfs, not jpegs.
Do you have an example I could see?
TIA

[oldnewbie]

Why on earth, couldn't I use getBytesLoaded(), when loading a .jpg in the same manner I load a .swf?

http://blake.prohosting.com/~tektips/jpgpreload.swf

[Loyal Rogue]

Thanks oldnewbie.
I don't have Flash on my work computer, so I was going off of previous posts without being able to test anything.
You just resolved multiple threads on other Flash forums too.

[ljones]

Thanks for your replies. I could have sworn I had tried it the same way as in chosenson's attachment, apparently not.... oldnewbie, nice example