import fl.controls.*;//text area component

import flash.net.*;

import flash.text.*;

Load html text into TextArea component:

private function loadCaseOverviewText():void {

var urlLdr:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

urlLdr.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeTextLoadHandler);

urlLdr.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;

urlLdr.load(new URLRequest(“text_assets/advertising_overview.html”));

}//loadCaseOverviewText

private function completeTextLoadHandler(event:Event):void {

var str:String = event.target.data as String;

textAreaCMP.htmlText = str;

}//completeTextLoadHandler

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Position scrollbar back at top of TextArea component when new content is loaded or a new section is navigated to using:

textAreaCMP.verticalScrollPosition = 1;

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Set padding in TextArea component:

textAreaCMP.setStyle(“textPadding” , 10);

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Disable carat (bar) cursor from showing when rolling over textArea component:

textAreaCMP.drawFocus (false);

loaderThumbs = new Loader();

var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); //url would be string of path or array element

configureListeners(loaderThumbs.contentLoaderInfo);

loaderThumbs.load(request);

containerSprite.addChild(loaderThumbs);

//preloading listeners

private function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void {

dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);

dispatcher.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);

dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);

}//configureListeners

//error loading

private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {

//ignore but handle

}//ioErrorHandler

//preloader

private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void {

//trace(“progressHandler: bytesLoaded=” + event.bytesLoaded + ” bytesTotal=” + event.bytesTotal);

//contentPreloader.percentage_mc.scaleX = event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal;

}//progressHandler

//once it has loaded do something

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {

//do whatever

}//completeHandler

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Get loaded content information:

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {

trace(myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.width);

trace(myLoader.contentLoaderInfo.height);

}//completeHandler

/*

Returns a LoaderInfo object corresponding to the object being loaded. LoaderInfo objects are shared between the Loader object and the loaded content object. The LoaderInfo object supplies loading progress information and statistics about the loaded file. 

*/

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Draw bitmap data – set size and smoothing:

var myBitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth , stage.stageHeight);

myBitmapData.draw(thumbnailsContainer.getChildAt(tempCounter));

var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(myBitmapData);

bmp.smoothing = true;

mainArea.addChild(bmp);

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Simple smoothing of loaded image:

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {

var bit:Bitmap = event.target.content;

if(bit != null){

bit.smoothing = true;

}

}//completeHandler

var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();

addChild(myLoader);

var myContent:URLRequest = new URLRequest(whichSwf);

myLoader.load(myContent);

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To get loaded content into same level:

Moves it past loader (first parent) to root (second parent).

parent.parent.addChild(containerSprite) – only works occasionally.
 

Rather – do not create a new loader in the movies that load something else.

//var myLoader:Loader = new Loader();

//addChild(myLoader);

var myContent:URLRequest = new URLRequest(whichSwf);

//myLoader.load(myContent);

Loader(parent).load(myContent);//it was loaded, so its parent is a loader so re-use it. Set code to NOT strict.

//Once it has loaded set the position to middle

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {

imageContainer.getChildAt(0).x = – (imageContainer.width/2);

imageContainer.getChildAt(0).y = – (imageContainer.height/2);

}//completeHandler

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Remove all children in existing “level”:

Remove children before loading. Count backwards as they will move into lower depths if you start at the bottom!

private function loadContact(event:MouseEvent){

//add loader as above

for(var i:Number = numChildren-1 ; i >= 0 ; i–){

removeChildAt(i); //listeners not removed will still be an issue

}

myLoader.load(myContent);

}//loadContact