Comments on: AS3 BulkLoader Useful Flash Asset Loading Kit by Arthur Debert

By: Radomir

Radomir — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:08:25 +0000

whats the other name to the script just like this, but costs less?

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:42:36 +0000

I’m getting that same error only when I’ve put the file with bulkLoader online. Works perfectly locally. The files I’m loading are just jpegs.

TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChild()

By: DN

DN — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:37:45 +0000

Newbie here, maybe I missed it but alot of my jpegs are in the swf which leads to a big 1meg file.. how can I load the SWF itself that is using Bulk Loader..

do i have to create a wrapper class??

By: drawk

drawk — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:17:07 +0000

What type of file are you loading? If it is one that is not supported by the server (as dae is commonly not) it can hang on a mime-type.

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:14:17 +0000

Having major problem with BulkLoader.

I run it locally…it works perfectly.

I listen for the COMPLETE event.

When I put it up on the server:
- the COMPLETE event fires
- any content I go to retreive is null!!
- even when, the event itemsLoaded == itemsTotal, and percentLoaded == 1.

What could I be doing wrong here? The getContent is only null when I run it live.

Any help is welcomed greatly.

-john

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:28:25 +0000

hello guys,
while trying to load a swf version 2.0 i get the following error
**TypeError: Error #2007: Parameter child must be non-null.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/addChild()…………..**
bulkloader can’t load movie clips version 2.0??
another question can bulkloader load dynamic swf files??
please i need your help:)
cheers
Anthony youssef

By: arun kumar

arun kumar — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:08:35 +0000

There is some problem in the web designing,some of the information not being displayed properly :
simply add this code to your Cascading Style Sheet :
to the :
body{
wrap: soft/hard;
}

then u can get the difference

Any Way thanks for providing such a good material.

By: surrealanimation

surrealanimation — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:01:22 +0000

does anyone happen to have BulkLoader Source files that include either a progressbar and or a textField that displays load progress. When trying to use bytesLoaded I get illegible characters, but the output traces correctly. Whe trying to use the _bytesTotal it works but for some reason the first Numeral is missing (ie if the value is 12345 textfield reads 2345, but again output is traced correctly. Revised function below:

public function onAllItemsProgress(evt : BulkProgressEvent) : void{
//trace(evt.loadingStatus());
trace(“byteseTotal = ” + evt.bytesTotal);
trace(“byteseLoaded = ” + evt.bytesLoaded);

_bytesLoaded = evt.bytesLoaded;
_bytesTotal = evt.bytesTotal;
lt = new TextField();
lt.x = 100;
lt.y = 300;
lt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;

ltFormat = new TextFormat();
ltFormat.font = “Arial”;
ltFormat.size = 50;

_loaded = String(_bytesLoaded);
_total = String(_bytesTotal);

_number = 333444555666777;
_string = String(_number);

lt.text = _total;
lt.setTextFormat(ltFormat);

trace(“lt.text = ” + lt.text);
trace(“typeof _bytesLoaded = ” + typeof _bytesLoaded);
trace(“typeof _loaded = ” + typeof _loaded);
trace(“ltFormat.size = ” + ltFormat.size);
addChild(lt);
}

By: KinRou Blog » AS3 Assets loader

KinRou Blog » AS3 Assets loader — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:42:09 +0000

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By: drawk

drawk — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:39:37 +0000

Hey Aurthur, yeh threw it into a project I was mulling over writing another loading scenario. This is a great start for anyone thanks for adding it to the wild.

Hey Stan, yes at a small scale events can seem troublesome, but AS3 has a great clear event model and usage for scalability and performance always uses messaging or events. Flags are great for smaller scale but as you scale massively they become a trouble point. Events are much more component independent. Think of the difference as flags are a TCP/IP connection with validation, where events are a UDP like braodcast that allow more async and parallel handling.

But all approaches work to this, I really dig the event model in AS3 and ES4 as it is greatly simplified and can really make for really independent kits and typed events etc. It all goes back to your usage and your needs, I would say most open source AS3 rides on teh event model pattern that is developing which makes it easy to have a low barrier of entry. The best software developers don’t write for complexity, their simple components handle the complexity and when kits are in the wild they need to be simple, performing and scalable.

The AS3 community is surely a very feature rich and full or great tools and competition in only a year really (well if you weren’t playing with Flash 8.5 during the transition). Sure is some cool stuff being built and going on.