Adding background image using Loader ()

Question

Hi all,
Am working on a simulation and am running into some trouble.
I am attaching what I have so far. (I'm just in beginning stages so
it's nothing fancy)
What I still need to do is place the main image into the code
using this code:
var somePictLdr:Loader = new Loader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("octopus.jpg");
<--name of my image on my desktop
somePictLdr.load(request);
addChild(somePictLdr);
I don't know where to put the code in what I already have.
Can anyone help?
Also, I want to add some sort of stop button so when the user
presses 'b' for blue, the blue bubbles come up but when the user
presses 'o' for orange, I want the blue bubbles to stop and the
orange ones to come up.
Can anyone help me? I have messed up the code so many times
that I'm scared to go back into it and mess up what is actually
semi-working. I just need to know exactly where the code goes and
what it should say because I can't even get that part right. *ugh*
Thank you.
Jill

Answer 1

Hi jillybean,
On where to place the code in question, you want to declare
the variable above the bath2 constructor function, by the bubble
array declaration, for example. With slight changes, also, like
this:
var somePictLdr:Loader;
var request:URLRequest;
The code for loading the pic should go in the bath2
constructor function, as follows:
public function bath2() {
somePictLdr = new Loader();
request = new URLRequest("octopus.jpg");
somePictLdr.load(request);
addChild(somePictLdr);
As for your frustration, that is typical of learning a new
language - more examples, and more success will take care of
that.