Archive for March, 2007

Loading and Tracking Multiple Files at the Same Time (Part 2)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
ActionScript 2.0

Three weeks ago, I started a two-part series on using a MovieClipLoader instance in a custom class to track the loading of multiple external files at the same time. When we left off, our custom MultiLoader class was complete enough to provide a decent amount of convenience:  an addClip() method managed a specified external file, a target movie clip, and arbitrary event handlers; a loadClips() method set the mass download in motion.  In the final paragraph, I said I’d follow up with a way to report the total group load progress.  This is that follow-up.  Keep reading »

Dude, Where Do I Put My Code?

Thursday, March 8th, 2007