I've never used the Loader myself, so I can't really help you out with this error, but it might be an issue with Adobe's ActiveX Add-on ?? If it's only IE that's affected that's where I would be looking.
Alain -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Herrman Sent: 16 octobre 2006 16:31 To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE Awesome, looks like that works. Thanks! Any idea what's causing the problem with the Loader? Just some bug in Flash or IE? -Andy On 10/16/06, Alain Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have you tried using the MovieClipLoader class ? > > It has an event very usefull called onLoadError . It gives you the > following informations (quote from the livedocs): > > "errorCode:String - A string that explains the reason for the failure, > either "URLNotFound" or "LoadNeverCompleted". > > httpStatus:Number [optional] - (Flash Player 8 only) The HTTP status > code returned by the server. For example, a status code of 404 > indicates that the server has not found anything that matches the > requested URI. For more information about HTTP status codes, see > sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the HTTP specification at ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2616.txt."; > > > > You should look up the full docs on the matter here : > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/00002538.html > > HTH ! > > > Alain > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy > Herrman > Sent: 16 octobre 2006 15:23 > To: Flashcoders > Subject: [Flashcoders] Weird image download problems in IE > > We're running into a really strange problem with image downloads in > Flash when running in IE and was wondering if anyone else has seen > something like this or has any ideas on what I could do to fix it. > > We need to have the Flash movie be able to download arbitrary images > from the web and display them. I also need to be able to tell whether > the download worked or not, so I can display an error if it failed or > manipulate the image if it loaded. > > The problem we're running into is that in IE the loader class will > tell us the image failed to load even though it worked fine. Here's > some test code we used to test: > > --------------- > import mx.controls.Alert > > this.createClassObject(mx.controls.Loader, "my_ldr", 10); > > var poLoaderListener = new Object(); > poLoaderListener.oScope = this; > > poLoaderListener.complete = function(oEvent) > {mx.controls.Alert.show(oEvent.total); }; > > poLoaderListener.progress = function() {}; > > my_ldr.addEventListener('complete', poLoaderListener); > my_ldr.addEventListener('progress', poLoaderListener); > > my_ldr.load(IMAGE_URL); > --------------- > > When running this in Firefox it works fine, and the alert box gives us > the right value. However, in IE when trying this the alert box pops > up with a -1, telling us the download failed. However, the image still shows up. > > The only thing I've been able to figure out is that the speed of the > download has something to do with it. In the actual product we're > downloading the images through a server that acts as a sort of proxy > which caches the images. The first time we hit it the proxy has to > download the source image before returning it to the client. This is > when we see the problem. Later attempts seem to work fine as the > download happens faster (the server cached the image so it doesn't have to redownload it). > > To simplify the test I took the proxy out of the loop and threw a > bandwidth limiter on the server that had the image I was testing. > When throttling it back to act like a 56k modem I could reproduce the > error in IE. It still worked fine (just really slow) in Firefox. > > Has anyone seen this before? It's causing serious problems, as we > need to be able to tell if the image downloaded successfully or not. > Any ideas of ways to get around this or fix it? Note that we have to > support Flash 7+. > > Thanks! > > -Andy > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: > 2006-10-14 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.4/476 - Release Date: > 2006-10-14 > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. 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