Hello everyone,
I’m not new to ActionScript, but am quite dysfunctional as a coder. I mean, please treat me as though I had a severe mental handicap…
I am trying to create a loader that loads an image onto the screen when a button is clicked. When another button is clicked, the first loader’s alpha fades (or is supposed to fade) to zero and the new loader is supposed to fade in to 1 (100%). I used some variables so that the URL would change depending on what button was pushed. Button a loads jpeg a. Button b loads jpeg b. Basic stuff. I also use a boolean variable to determine if loader1 or loader2 has content. I’ve tried using the removeChild() method, but am not quite getting it. No matter what I do I get errors. Also, sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn’t. Usually, it doesn’t. Am I just charging the compiler with too much overhead?
Also, everything is written in the Actions panel. I’m not sure how to write classes, or if I should.
If anyone can assist me, I would greatly appreciate moving on from this problem before I hurl myself into a bathtub filled with razor blades and rubbing alcohol.
Thanks! Code below:
var img:String;
var dsnButtonOnOff:Boolean;
var myImageLoader:Loader = new Loader();
var myImageLoader2:Loader = new Loader();
var loadVar:Boolean = false;
function loadSketch():void {
logoTween = new Tween(logo, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, logo.alpha, 0, 1.5, true);
logoOffOn = false;
if (loadVar == false) {
var imageURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“images/sketches/”+img+".png");
myImageLoader.load(imageURLRequest);
myImageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded);
function imageLoaded(e:Event):void {
addChild(myImageLoader);
myImageLoader.alpha = 0;
var imgAlphaInTween:Tween = new Tween(myImageLoader, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, myImageLoader.alpha, 1, 2, true);
myImageLoader.x = 245;
myImageLoader.y = 149;
}
if (myImageLoader2.alpha == 1) {
var imgAlphaOutTween:Tween;
imgAlphaOutTween = new Tween(myImageLoader2, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, myImageLoader2.alpha, 0, 2, true);
myImageLoader2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, removeLoader2);
loadVar = true;
}
function removeLoader2(evt:Event):void {
removeChild(myImageLoader2);
}
} else if (loadVar == true) {
var imageURLRequest2:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“images/sketches/”+img+".png");
myImageLoader2.load(imageURLRequest2);
myImageLoader2.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded2);
function imageLoaded2(e:Event):void {
addChild(myImageLoader2);
myImageLoader2.alpha = 0;
var imgAlphaInTween2:Tween = new Tween(myImageLoader2, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, myImageLoader2.alpha, 1, 2, true);
myImageLoader2.x = 245;
myImageLoader2.y = 149;
}
if (myImageLoader.alpha == 1) {
var imgAlphaOutTween2:Tween;
imgAlphaOutTween2 = new Tween(myImageLoader, “alpha”, Strong.easeOut, myImageLoader.alpha, 0, 2, true);
myImageLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, removeLoader);
loadVar = false;
}
function removeLoader(evt:Event):void {
removeChild(myImageLoader);
}
}
}
