JPG Preload - retrieving width

programming flash
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I am attempting to use a preloader with an Array of images. The original preloader (which appears to work, and was acquired from elsewhere on the forums) is. Most importantly, I am able to get the _width of the jpg once it is loaded:

// create empty preloader
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“preloader”, 1000);
this.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”, 1001);

container.loadMovie(“pic1.jpg”);

container._visible = false;

preloader.onEnterFrame = function() {

var l = container.getBytesLoaded();

var t = container.getBytesTotal();

var getPercent = l/t;


if (l>0 && l>=t) {
    container._visible = 1;
    delete this.onEnterFrame;
}

};

My ‘hacked’ version using an array from a file named ‘pictures.txt’ is:

loadPictures = new LoadVars();
loadPictures.load(“pictures.txt”);

loadPictures.onLoad = function (success) {
if (success) {
picArray = new Array();
picArray = loadPictures.pics.split(’,’);

for (loopCount =0; loopCount < picArray.length ; loopCount++) {

// create empty preloader
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“preloader” + loopCount, loopCount);
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(“container” + loopCount, loopCount);

_root[“container”+loopCount].loadMovie(picArray[loopCount]);

_root[“container”+loopCount]._visible = false;

_root[“preloader”+loopCount].onEnterFrame = function() {

var l = _root["container"+loopCount].getBytesLoaded();

var t = _root["container"+loopCount].getBytesTotal();

var getPercent = l/t;


if (l>0 && l>=t) {

    _root["container"+loopCount]._visible = 1;
    delete _root["preloader"+loopCount].onEnterFrame;
}

};
// end preloader

}
	  
	} else {
	  trace("Not loaded");	
	}

}

This loads the images, but I’m unable to get the _width from the loaded Images. It doesn’t seem to ever enter the:

_root[“preloader”+loopCount].onEnterFrame = function() {

section (I put in a trace() and it was never returned). Is there a way I can use ‘this.xxxx’ if I’m using dynamically generated names? I attempted using eval() but it doesn’t work fro the this.onEnterFrame = function() { line because it messes up the syntax.

Hopefully I am making SOME sense. I’ve only been working with flash for a couple of days now. The reason I need to load a series of images, is I want to create transitions between the images.