Loading bitmapdata from external image?

Question

Hi everyone,
I'm trying to retrieve the bitmapdata from an external image. In order to test my code, I convert the bitmapdata data a bitmap and I add it to the stage. Unfortunately I get a TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::Bitmap@6b147e1 to mx.core.IUIComponent.
Do you see why this error occurs?
My code:
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
private var bitmapData:BitmapData;
private function init():void
     var loader:Loader = new Loader();
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
     loader.load(new URLRequest("Beach.jpg"));
     var myImage:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);
     addChild(myImage);    
private function onComplete (event:Event):void
      bitmapData = Bitmap(LoaderInfo(event.target).content).bitmapData;
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Now I want to convert the bitmapdata to a bitmap and display it. I get this error:
TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.display::BitmapData@727c629 to flash.display.Bitmap.
Can you explain how to convert bitmapdata to bitmap and display it properly?
My code:
private var bitmapData:BitmapData;
private var myImage:Bitmap;
private function init():void
     var loader:Loader = new Loader();
     loader.load(new URLRequest("Strand.jpg"));     
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onComplete);
private function onComplete (event:Event):void
     myImage = Bitmap(LoaderInfo(event.target).content);
     bitmapData = new BitmapData(320,240);
     bitmapData = myImage.bitmapData;
     //adding the image to a container (  sprite  )
     var container:Sprite = new Sprite();
     container.addChild( Bitmap(bitmapData) );
     // adding the container to a stage
     this.rawChildren.addChild(container);