Alex - did part of your reply get chopped off? I'm not quite understanding.
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Alex Harui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It might be a subclass of Bitmap > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Jim Hayes > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:13 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [flexcoders] possible to get bytes from a pre-existing > Image? > > > > > I as far as I can work out > > [Embed(source="logo.png", mimeType="application/octet-stream")] public var > logo:Class; > > would enable you to access logo as a bytearray. > > I hope that helps? I'm still not really quite sure what you're trying to > do, to be honest. > > Anyway, you might want to have a look at this : > > http://dispatchevent.org/roger/embed-almost-anything-in-your-swf/ > > which I think might be at least along the lines of what you want to know, > apologies in advance if I've got the wrong end of the stick. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of > Pan Troglodytes > Sent: 17 September 2008 22:26 > To: flexcoders > Subject: [flexcoders] possible to get bytes from a pre-existing Image? > > This question is really part of a larger ball of stuff I'm trying to > untangle. Basically, the first part is that if I have this: > > [Embed(source="logo.png")] public var logo:Class; > ... > var img:Image = new Image; > img.source = logo; > > Is there any way to get a ByteArray from img that can be fed to Loader? > Unfortunately, I'm stuck with Loader. If you really want to know, I'm > trying to mess with a TextArea that has htmlText with an <img> tag in it. I > want to switch the img tag to switch between different images that are > embedded in the SWF. As far as I can tell, there's no way to tell an <img> > tag to load an image out of the SWF. Feel free to correct me on that. > Because of some features of the environment, I really want to embed the > images and not load them from the local file system or over the network. > > Eventually, I actually want to replace the PNG with an SVG. This is part > of why I'm wanting to have the files embedded. But I know this will bring > further challenges, as SVG is a vector format and I will have to get a > raster rendering of the SVG at a certain size before I can ever expect to > feed it to Loader. But I'm trying to take it one giant hurdle at a time. > > Any thoughts, other than that I'm insane to do such a thing? > > -- > Jason > > > __________________________________________________________ > This communication is from Primal Pictures Ltd., a company registered in > England and Wales with registration No. 02622298 and registered office: 4th > Floor, Tennyson House, 159-165 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PA, UK. > VAT registration No. 648874577. > > This e-mail is confidential and may be privileged. It may be read, copied > and used only by the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, > please contact the sender immediately by return e-mail or by telephoning > +44(0)20 7637 1010. Please then delete the e-mail and do not disclose its > contents to any person. > This email has been scanned for Primal Pictures by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. > __________________________________________________________ > > > -- Jason
