Batch loading jpegs from external file

Question

Hello,
I would like to preload a batch jpegs from an external file
(to make it easy for changes) - than use them in a slide-slide show
using a movieClip holder or loader component. I can use this
tutorial -
http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/portfolio_2_bc/index.php
But I don't what to have each jpeg loaded separately I want
them to preload b4 using..
What would be the best way to preload the external batch to
use for a slide show with next btn and prev btn? I can't find any
tutorials one this.
Thanks for any help,
Dave

Answer 1

In terms of where:
Well, for as2, you will probably need to load them as
dynamically created child clips of a single parent clip that you
use to display one swf from. You would cycle through them and just
set the _visible property of your 'current' clip to true and all
the others to false. Your next and previous buttons could change
which one was visible.
But if they are large images, you'll probably use a lot of
memory doing it this way and it would take longer to load them all
at the start. Its more usual to, for example, load all the
thumbnail images - smaller images, quicker to load - and then load
the larger one into a main viewing area when its thumbnail is
clicked.
How
There are plenty of examples of how to do this in tutorials
etc.
If you want to load all the thumbnails first, then perhaps
you won't find exactly what you want as a tutorial. Not every
possibility is covered in a tutorial. All I can really do is point
your in the right direction. If it were me I would use something
like David Stiller's MultiLoader class to make it easier perhaps
(in fact I have my own which works a little differently but was
seriously inspired by what I learnt from David's article at
http://www.quip.net/blog/2007/flash/actionscript-20/tracking-multiple-files-part1
& 2 )