"_jrh_" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message news:<cjidcn$ha2$1@forums.macromedia.com>...
> Are you loading it via loadMovie() ? If so, are you loading it into a level or
> an existing mc? If it's an existing mc, once you begin the load you can check
> the load progress. I believe you can do the same with a level. I've never heard
> of loadclip(). What version do you have?

imsammyd2@yahoo.com (Fredo) wrote in message news:<c5973208.0410011622.1acd3fe8@posting.google.com>...
> "_jrh_" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message news:<cjidcn$ha2$1@forums.macromedia.com>...
> > Are you loading it via loadMovie() ? If so, are you loading it into a level or
> > an existing mc? If it's an existing mc, once you begin the load you can check
> > the load progress. I believe you can do the same with a level. I've never heard
> > of loadclip(). What version do you have?
>
> I'm sorry for the confusion. I tried a couple things one being
> MovieClip.loadMovie and the other being MovieClipLoader.loadclip(). I
> am using 2004. I try to load the image into a movie clip which is
> already on the stage. when I use the MovieClipLoader there is a
> onLoadComplete listner, so I know when the clip is fully loaded and
> the mc still has no height or width. The image does load however.
> Below is the code I use:
>
> var my_mcl:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
> var my_listener:Object = new Object();
> my_listener.onLoadError = function (mc) {
> info_txt.text = "Error. An image did not load.";
> };
> my_listener.onLoadProgress = function (mc, loadedBytes, totalBytes) {
> info_txt.text = Math.floor(loadedBytes/totalBytes * 100) + "%";
> };
> my_listener.onLoadComplete = function(mc){
> info_txt.text = "";
> trace(_root.mc._width);
> trace(_root.mc._height);
> }
> my_mcl.addListener(my_listener);
> my_mcl.loadClip("sammy.jpg", mc);