MACROMEDIA FLEX-FLEX ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 644

See also
MovieClipLoader.getProgress()
MovieClipLoader.onLoadStart
Availability
Flash Player 7.
Usage
listenerObject.onLoadStart = function([target_mc:Object]) {
// your statements here
}
Parameters
listenerObject
A movie clip loaded by a
target_mc
is optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Listener; invoked when a call to
download a file. The value for
This is useful if you are loading multiple files with the same set of listeners. This optional
parameter is passed to your ActionScript.
Example
The following example loads an image into a movie clip instance called
and
onLoadInit
image. This information displays in a text field called
this.createEmptyMovieClip("image_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
var mclListener:Object = new Object();
mclListener.onLoadStart = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
target_mc.startTimer = getTimer();
};
mclListener.onLoadComplete = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
target_mc.completeTimer = getTimer();
};
mclListener.onLoadInit = function(target_mc:MovieClip) {
var timerMS:Number = target_mc.completeTimer-target_mc.startTimer;
target_mc.createTextField("timer_txt", target_mc.getNextHighestDepth(), 0,
target_mc._height, target_mc._width, 22);
target_mc.timer_txt.text = "loaded in "+timerMS+" ms.";
};
var image_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
image_mcl.addListener(mclListener);
image_mcl.loadClip("http://www.macromedia.com/images/shared/product_boxes/
112x112/box_studio_112x112.jpg", image_mc);
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A listener object that was added using
MovieClipLoader.loadClip()
MovieClipLoader.loadClip()
target_mc
events are used to determine how long it takes to load the
onLoadComplete
MovieClipLoader.addListener()
identifies the movie clip this call is being made for.
timer_txt
method. This parameter
has successfully begun to
. The
image_mc
.
.