Loader Class + as a package

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I wanted to design a [relatively] all purpose class to load images and SWF's with a preloader MC and error handler.

I made this BUT, when I load the MC I cannot control it.

i.e. I load an SWF containing an animated GIF, but I cannot say mc.gotoAndStop();

Example:

package
{
public class test extends MovieClip
    {
        private var imgLoader:imageLoader;
        
        public function test()
        {
//to load the image into an MC 

imgLoader = new imageLoader(imgPath,"Image name for Pre-Loader",myTarget,myWidth,myHeight,myX,myY);



}}} 

Usually for myTarget I use 'this'



This is the class

package
{
    //list of our imports these are classes we need in order to
    //run our application.
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.display.Stage;
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.net.URLLoader;
 

 
    //our Engine class it extends MovieClip
    public class imageLoader extends MovieClip
    {
        private var imageName:String;
        
        private var imgLoader:Loader;
        private var mc_preLoader:preLoader = new preLoader();
        private var mcEr:JHerror = new JHerror(); // Error MC displays error and sends email to admin
        
        private var mc_target:Object;
        private var imgWidth:Number;
         private var imgHeight:Number;
        private var imgX:Number;
        private var imgY:Number;
        
        public function imageLoader(url:String,img:String,target_mc:Object,Width:Number,Height:Number,X:Number,Y:Number):void 
        {
            imgWidth = Width;
            imgHeight = Height;
            imgX = X;
            imgY = Y;
            mc_target = target_mc;
            imageName = img;
            
            imgLoader=new Loader();
            imgLoader.load(new URLRequest(url));
            //Add a listener to update the preloader on the image's progress
            imgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,imageLoading);
            //Adding a listener that will update the preloader once the image has been loaded
               imgLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,imageLoaded);
            imgLoader.addEventListener ( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleIOError );
            imgLoader.addEventListener ( SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, handleSecurityError ); 
            stage.addChild(mc_preLoader);
        }
 
        public function imageLoaded(evt:Event):void 
        {
             imgLoader.width = imgWidth;
             imgLoader.height = imgHeight;
             imgLoader.x = imgX;
             imgLoader.y = imgY;
             
             mc_target.addChild(imgLoader);
             mc_preLoader.killSelf();
            
            
        }
 
        public function imageLoading(evt:ProgressEvent):void 
        {
            // Get the current download progress
            var loaded:Number=evt.bytesLoaded/evt.bytesTotal;
            // Send progress info to "preloader" movie clip
            updateProgress(loaded);
        }
 
        public function updateProgress(percent:Number) 
        {
            percent = Math.floor(percent*100);
            var loadedString:String = percent.toString();
            mc_preLoader.txtImagePreload.text = "Loading " + imageName + " Please Wait " + loadedString + "  %";
        }
        function handleIOError ( event:IOErrorEvent ):void
        {
            addChild(mcEr); // if error display error message mc
            mcEr.init("Store() : State() : IOErrorEvent catch: " + event.text);
            trace ( "Load failed: IO error: " + event.text );
        }
        function handleSecurityError ( event:SecurityErrorEvent ):void
        {
            addChild(mcEr); // if error display error message mc 
            mcEr.init( "Store() : State() : Load failed: Security Error: " + event.text );
            trace ( "Load failed: Security Error: " + event.text );
        }
        public function killSelf():void
        {
            parent.removeChild(this);
        }
    }
} 

Thanks for any help

[cancerinform]

Add
addChild(imgLoader);