thanks scott. btw. I can't use Embed because the images are only available at runtime.
--- In [email protected], Scott Melby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use a Loader and attempt a load as follows: > > /** > * The Loader used to load images. > */ > private var _imageLoader:Loader = new Loader(); > > ... > > var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(someURLString); > > try > { > _imageLoader.load(urlRequest); > } > catch (imageLoadError:Error) > { > trace("Unable to load image at '" + someURLString + "': " + > imageLoadError.message); > } > > You will need to listen to the loader for events. If it loads, your > source is ok, if not you will likely get the ioError event... unless you > have a security issue in which case you will catch the SecurityError > that gets thrown. > > hth > Scott > > > > > bhaq1972 wrote: > > > > How can I check if a the jpg source defined by a string really exists. > > eg > > > > var image1:Image = new Image(); > > var sHello:String = "images/hello.jpg"; > > > > if(sHello exists) // this is the bit i need help on > > { > > image1.source = sHello; > > } > > > > tia > > bod > > > > >
