Keith Peters has posted the solution in his blog, and it works perfectly. http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=946
Basically it involves using the [Frame] metatag to tell MXMLC to use your preloader class as the factoryClass, moving your Main class (and it's assets) to frame 2. Once everything is loaded, have the preloader init your main class via an indirect reference (getDefinitionByName). The indirect reference prevents the Main class (and all its assets) from being required by the preloader, otherwise everything would get dumped onto the preloader's frame and break the whole process. -- andy makely On 1/18/07, Sascha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Can somebody enlighten me? How do you use AS3 embedded assets with a preloader (without the Flash IDE)? In AS2/Flash8 and below we could put a preloader on frame1 of the main timeline and put all the heavy assets from the library on frame2 or beyond. In AS3 I wrote a custom Preloader class that extends MovieClip so if it's done loading it can proceed to frame2 but how do I get the embedded assets into frame2? I guess it doesn't work like that in AS3 anymore?! But in Flex the preloader works and it seems it does it without using frames (the Preloader class extends Sprite). Are there any tricks to get this done in an AS3 project and without using Flash IDE? Thanks in advance, Sascha _______________________________________________ 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
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