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  1. #1
    jeffers
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    getTimer(); for download speed variable

    hi...

    i have been searching google and yahoo for hours on this one with no success grrr

    i have an .fla, which loads goes to different frames in the timeline according to the download speed of the user. i understand how it should work... start timer > upload file > stop timer > calculate download speed - easy?

    so what is this simple code im missing to find the download speed? from my fruitless searching, the only relevant code i could find, is this:
    Code:
    var time1 = getTimer();
    targetClip.loadMovie("example.swf");
    targetClip.onLoad = function()
    {
    var time2 = getTimer();
    var totalTime = (time2 - time1)/1000;
    var fileSize = targetClip.getBytesTotal();
    var connectionSpeed = (fileSize/totalTime); // Bytes per second. Multiply by 8 to get bits per second.
    }
    ... but i have test this, which gives an undefined property error grrr.... so what is the actionscript 3, to find the value of the download speed?

    please help if you can

    thanks

  2. #2
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    Use a Loader to load the example movie. You will also have to import getTimer.

    Code:
    import flash.utils.getTimer;
    
    var time1:int = getTimer();
    var loader:Loader = new Loader();
    loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
    loader.load(new URLRequest("example.swf"));
    
    function loadComplete(event:Event):void{
      var elapsedSeconds:int = (getTimer() - time1)/1000;
      var connectionSpeed:Number =  LoaderInfo(event.currentTarget).bytesTotal/elapsedSeconds;
      //do something with connectionSpeed.
    }

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    If you aren't using AS2, ignore this


    Try looking at this code:

    PHP Code:
    var time1 getTimer();
    var 
    container:MovieClip createEmptyMovieClip("container"getNextHighestDepth());
    var 
    mcLoader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
    mcLoader.addListener(this);
    mcLoader.loadClip("example.swf"container);

    function 
    onLoadInit(mc:MovieClip) {
        
    trace(time1);
        
    trace("onLoadInit: " mc);
        var 
    time2 getTimer();
        var 
    totalTime = (time2 time1)/1000;
        var 
    fileSize container.getBytesTotal();
        var 
    connectionSpeed = (fileSize/totalTime); // Bytes per second. Multiply by 8 to get bits per second.
        
    trace(connectionSpeed);

    Does that help?
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    I believe he only found as2 in his search, but wanted as3.

    In addition to the code I posted above, it may be necessary to add a cache-busting parameter to the url to prevent caching the example swf.

  5. #5
    jeffers
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    thank you ever so much for your post... thats fantastic!!!

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