I spend hours trying to figure out issues and then figure them out almost instantly after posting here...
The problem with my code was the URLLoaders...it's for XML and binary files... Images require the Loader instead. --- In [email protected], "dfalling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to preload images to use later with Image controls for a > slideshow. I'm blindly trying variations of this with no success: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"; > layout="absolute" creationComplete="creationHandler()"> > <mx:Script> > <![CDATA[ > private var _imageAddress:String = > "http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/15760/beanie.jpg";; > > private function creationHandler():void > { > var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(); > var request:URLRequest = new > URLRequest(_imageAddress); > loader.load(request); > loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, > loadComplete); > } > > private function loadComplete(event:Event):void > { > var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target); > image.data = loader.data; > } > ]]> > </mx:Script> > <mx:Image width="100%" height="100%" id="image"/> > </mx:Application> > > Does anyone have any examples of this? I've been searching the web > for hours and can't find any way of retrieving remote image data and > assigning it to image controls. > > Thanks >
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