I have question related to these two methods as I am calling them both in my code. I have three scrollpanes on the stage, the first loads a list of names, when you click on any name in the list, it then loads images into the second scrollpane, in the form of thumbnails. Also, when this happens I have a text box that displays a "Loading..." text. Now what seems to happen is, initially when I click on a name, the loading text appears in conjunction with the images loading. It works ok....
However, when I go to click on a different name it seems that flash is removing old images first and then loading in new ones. I don't have a problem with this thats how it is supposed to work, and my Loading text appears as it should, but how can I capture this "flushing" or removing process so I can display a text that says something like, " Clearing out old images...". Because sometimes there is a noticable lag.
Here is my code I have a lot happening, so it might be hard to follow.
ActionScript Code:
_root.zoom_txt.autoSize = true;
_root.zoom_txt.text = "0"+"%";
_root.zoom_in.enabled = false;
_root.zoom_out.enabled = false;
_root.timer_txt.autoSize = true;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var pictures:mx.containers.ScrollPane;
pictures.contentPath = 'Holder_mc';
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// load btn_ding
bgSound = new Sound(MyMusic_mc);
bgSound.loadSound("btn_ding.mp3", event);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// set variables to remember the orginal scale
this.zoom_out.onPress = function() {
if (pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX<=25) {
this.zoom_out.enabled = false;
bgSound.start();
} else {
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX -= 25;
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleY -= 25;
trace(Math.floor(pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX));
_root.zoom_txt.text = +Math.floor(pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX)+"%";
}
pictures.invalidate();
};
this.zoom_in.onPress = function() {
if (pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX>=500) {
this.zoom_in.enabled = false;
bgSound.start();
} else {
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX += 25;
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleY += 25;
trace(Math.floor(pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX));
_root.zoom_txt.text = +Math.floor(pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX)+"%";
}
pictures.invalidate();
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// create thumbnail images
var MAX_WIDTH:Number = 65;
var MAX_HEIGHT:Number = 65;
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
mclListener.onLoadStart = function(mc:MovieClip) {
_root.timer_txt._visible = true;
_root.timer_txt.text = "Loading....";
};
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(mc:MovieClip) {
_root.timer_txt.text = "Loading....";
// set variables to keep the original image dimensions
var xw = mc._width;
var xh = mc._height;
trace(xw);
trace(xh);
// where image width is greater than image height
if (mc._width>mc._height) {
mc._width = MAX_WIDTH;
mc._height = (mc._height*MAX_WIDTH)/xw;
// center image
mc._y = (75-mc._height)/2;
}
//where image height is greater than image width
if (mc._height>mc._width) {
mc._height = MAX_HEIGHT;
mc._width = (mc._width*MAX_HEIGHT)/xh;
mc._x = (75-mc._width)/2;
}
_root.timer_txt._visible = false;
};
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
MyLoadVars = new LoadVars();
MyLoadVars.load("image_txt_files/folders.txt");
MyLoadVars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
var c_mc:MovieClip;
Rc = this["Rc"];
//trace(Rc);
for (i=0; i<=Rc-1; i++) {
c_mc = _root.scrollPane.content.attachMovie("Folder_mc", "clip"+i, i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
c_mc.name.autoSize = true;
c_mc.name.text = this["Folder"+i];
c_mc._x = 5;
c_mc._y = 5+(i*20);
c_mc.i = i;
c_mc.location = this["Folder"+i];
c_mc.onRelease = function() {
////////////////////////////////////
_root.timer_txt.text = "Loading....";
_root.zoom_in.enabled = false;
_root.zoom_out.enabled = false;
_root.instruct_txt.autoSize = true;
_root.instruct_txt.multiline = true;
_root.instruct_txt.text = "Scroll through the thumb nail images and click on that image to see it in the picture window.";
//////////////////////////////////
// this repopulates the scrollpane at runtime
thumbs.refreshPane();
pictures.refreshPane();
for (i=0; i<=6; i++) {
t_mc = _root.thumbs.content.attachMovie("thumb_mc", "tip"+i, i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
t_mc._x = 5;
t_mc._y = 5+(i*80);
t_mc.i = i;
thumbs.invalidate();
}
/////////////////////////////////////
//if (this.name.text == "Dadphotos") {
if (this.location == this.location) {
//trace("test "+this.location);
var elf = this.location;
MyPicVars = new LoadVars();
MyPicVars.load("image_txt_files/"+elf+".txt");
MyPicVars.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
//trace("success");
//trace(elf);
var t_mc:MovieClip;
Rc = this["Rc"];
//;
/////////////////////////////////////////
for (i=0; i<=Rc-1; i++) {
t_mc = _root.thumbs.content.attachMovie("thumb_mc", "tip"+i, i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
t_mc._x = 5;
t_mc._y = 5+(i*80);
///////////////////// _root["mc"+i] = new MovieClipLoader();
_root["mc"+i].addListener(mclListener);
_root["mc"+i].loadClip(+elf+"/"+this["pic"+i], t_mc.container_mc);
///////////////////////// t_mc.i = i;
t_mc.location = this["pic"+i];
t_mc.onRelease = function() {
_root.zoom_in.enabled = true;
_root.zoom_out.enabled = true;
_root.zoom_txt.text = "100"+"%";
_root.instruct_txt.text = "You can navigate the picture by using the zoom buttons or scroll bars as they appear. ";
//load image into pictures scroll pane
pictures.content.myLoader.contentPath = +elf+"/"+this.location;
// reset the images to 100%
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleX = 100;
pictures.content.myLoader.scaleY = 100;
// redraw component only when changes occur
pictures.invalidate();
};
//////////////////////////////////////////
thumbs.invalidate();
}
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
} else {
//do nothing
}
};
scrollPane.invalidate();
}
} else {
trace("not loaded");
}
};
onLoadstart and onLoadInit ?
Linear Mode
