Document Class Trouble :\

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I’m rather new to ActionScript 3 and trying to learn how to code away from the timeline. Needless to say it’s been a little frustrating.

In this document class, all I’m trying to do is set up a preLoader and a basic background image. Everything works fine except for when I add my preLoader code, which works when placed on a timeline.

package {
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.display.*;

    public class Positions extends MovieClip {
        var bg:backgroundMovie = new backgroundMovie();
        var bgBlue:bgColor = new bgColor();
        var custom_animation:preloader = new preloader();
                
        public function Positions():void {
            stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
            stage.showDefaultContextMenu = false;
            stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
            
            addChild(bgBlue);
            addChild(custom_animation);
            bgBlue.width = stage.stageWidth;
            bgBlue.height = stage.stageHeight;
            bgBlue.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
            bgBlue.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
            custom_animation.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
            custom_animation.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
            
            stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);
            addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);
        }
            private function loading(event:Event):void {
                var bytestotal = stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
                var bytesloaded = stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
                var sclbar = Math.round(bytesloaded*100/bytestotal);
                custom_animation.gotoAndPlay(sclbar);
                if (bytesloaded >= bytestotal) {
                removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading);
                removeChild(custom_animation);
                setup();
                }
            }
            
            private function resizeHandler(event:Event):void {
                var ratio:Number = bg.scaleX;
                bg.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
                bg.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
                bg.width = stage.stageWidth;
                bg.scaleY = ratio;
            }
            
            private function setup():void {
                addChild(bg);
                bg.x = stage.stageWidth/2;
                bg.y = stage.stageHeight/2;
                bg.width = stage.stageWidth;
            }
    }
}

When I load up the page, I only get a blank, white screen while the loader is in action. After it meets it’s “if” condition, it runs the “setup” function. My only problem is to get custom_animation and bgBlue to show up while the loader is working, as they’re nowhere to be seen. I’m quite perplexed :-/.