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Here is an example that illustrate how you can upload an image or a swf in your Flash ActionScript 3.0 project .

ActionScript 3.0 code:

// create the MovieClip that will hold the object loaded
var _mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
addChild(_mc);

// create the URLRequest with the path to the object you want to load
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("image.jpg");
var loader = new Loader(); // create the Loader object
loader.load(request);

loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoadProgress);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onLoadError);

// call this function when the object is loading
function onLoadProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
    // display the percentage loaded
    trace(int(event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal*100)+"%");
    // display the bytes loaded and the total number of bytes
    trace(event.bytesLoaded+":"+event.bytesTotal);
}

// call this function when the object is loaded
function onLoadComplete(event:Event):void
{
// duplicate and resize a loaded image (doesn't work for swf)
// ----->
    var objectDuplicate:Bitmap = new Bitmap(loader.content.bitmapData.clone());
    objectDuplicate.width = 100;
    objectDuplicate.height = 100;
    objectDuplicate.smoothing = true;
    _mc.addChild(objectDuplicate);
// ----->

    _mc.addChild(loader); // attach object to MovieClip
}

// call this function if the path to the object that you want to load is not valid
function onLoadError(event:Event):void 
{
        trace("Error! The URL was not found.");
}

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Category: ActionScript 3.0, Flash
Tags: ActionScript 3.0, Flash, gif, image, jpeg, load, png, swf

This is very useful when you try to create a “liquid” flash application.

ActionScript 3.0 code:

//The next 2 lines are not mandatory. 
//Use them if you whant to keep the original sizes.
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT; // Other values: 
//TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP_RIGHT
// BOTTOM_LEFT, BOTTOM_RIGHT 

stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, resizeHandler);

function resizeHandler(event:Event):void 
{
        trace(stage.stageWidth);
        trace(stage.stageHeight);
        trace("An event has been triggered.");
}

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Category: ActionScript 3.0, Flash
Tags: ActionScript 3.0, event, Flash, stage, swf