How do I get the value of a dynamically loaded movie clip?

[jbezzina]

I am loading a jpg in _level20

I am trying to get the _width and _height values but I cannot. Here is the code. Can I use getProperty for this?

Thanks,


var myMCL:Object = new MovieClipLoader();

for (b=1; b<21; b++) {
this.button.onRelease = function() {
myMCL.loadMovie("gallery/photo10.jpg", 20);
picWidth = myMCL._width;
picHeight = myMCL._height;
trace(picWidth);
trace(picHeight);
};
}
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[oldnewbie]

You can't trace anything before the picture is fully loaded!

 

[jbezzina]

I do not need to read any values before it is loaded, I can wait for it to load before I do anything with it.

 

[oldnewbie]

myMCL.loadMovie("gallery/photo10.jpg", 20);

Do you really think that this line loads a .jpg on level 20?

It's not!

That said...

picWidth = myMCL._width;
picHeight = myMCL._height;
trace(picWidth);
trace(picHeight);

...Should work fine, once the .jpg is fully loaded, but certainely not on the same actionscript as the loadMovie action itself.
Move that code a few frames after the picture is loaded, and the trace should work then!