[flexcoders] Loading a jpg with Actionscript only project - why doesn't this work?

[Collin Peters]

The following code does not work... though according to all the
examples I have seen it should

package {
        import flash.display.Sprite;
        import flash.display.Loader;
        import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
        import flash.net.URLRequest;
        import flash.events.Event;
        
        public class AS_Project extends Sprite
        {
                private var picLoader:Loader;
                
                public function AS_Project()
                {
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;

            picLoader = new Loader();
            picLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onPicLoaded);
            picLoader.load(new URLRequest("assets/background.jpg"));
                trace("Start");
                }
                
        private function onPicLoaded(event:Event):void
        {
                trace("Loaded");
            this.addChild(picLoader.content);
        }
        }
}

The "Start" trace works, but the "Loaded" doesn't.  Am I missing
something simple?

-- 
Collin Peters
Lead Software Developer
InTouch Technology