Pure AS3 self-preloader

Question

My project originally had everything on the timeline, but I have since moved all the code to the document class, but some of my assets are still in the library and some of them are embedded. I'm trying to make a self-preloader that doesn't use any external files, but I can't seem to find a good tutorial that doesn't involve using the timeline. Can anyone point me to a pure AS3 self-preloader tutorial or tell me where I'm supposed to put everything?

Answer 1

If you mean by "self-preloader" a pure Standalone as3 preloader:
var l:Loader = new Loader();
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, loop);
l.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, done);
//this line has to be adapted to the name of your document class
l.load(new URLRequest("main.swf"));
function loop(e:ProgressEvent):void
    var kBytesLoaded:int = Math.round(e.bytesLoaded/1024);
    var kBytesTotal:int = Math.round(e.bytesTotal/1024);
    var perc:Number = kBytesLoaded / kBytesTotal;
    trace("PERCENT:"+perc);
function done(e:Event):void
    //this line for the stuff you might need to visually communicate the loading process and want to remove when loading is done
    removeChildAt(0);
    addChild(l);