loaderComplete event referencing back to loader in queue

[levantulee]

Hi all,

 

I am loading a variety of stuff through the LoaderMax that is added to its queue via queue.append().

 

Now when the loaderComplete event triggers, naturally I have the data but I want to be able know to what loader in the queue the data belongs to.

 

I know you can set a name in vars like that for example for an image loader.

queue.append(new ImageLoader(fileToLoad, {name:"photo1", estimatedBytes:2400, container:this, alpha:1}))

When I debug I do find the name of the loader photo1 under the event at event.target.content[0].name.

 

However this doesnt work for the DataLoader when I load text (haven't tried binary or variables as I don't need it yet). I just get the text string, but no name reference. Meaning I have no idea if I load several files using the DataLoader , what loader is associated with it inside of the LoaderMax queue.

 

How can I reference back to the loader via name?

 

I have several dozens of things to load, from images, sounds and text. The reason I want to do that so I can implement a callback system to pass the data back to the place where the load request came from to use the data at the right place.

 

Thanks

Lev

[Carl]

Hi and welcome the GreenSock forums.

 

Sorry to hear you are having trouble. 

I can't seem to replicate the behavior you describe.

 

I have an example that loads 2 DataLoader with name properties. 

I can access the loader and the content of each loader using the name property like

 

LoaderMax.getLoader("carl") or LoaderMax.getContent("carl")

 

Here is my basic setup

 

var queue:LoaderMax = new LoaderMax({maxConnections:1, 
onComplete:queueCompleteHandler,
onChildComplete:childCompleteHandler
});

queue.append(new DataLoader ("carlData.txt", {name:"carl"}));
queue.append(new DataLoader ("billData.txt", {name:"bill"}));
queue.load();

function childCompleteHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void {
trace("\n");
trace("event: \t" + event);
trace("event.target: \t" + event.target);
trace("event.target.content: \t" + event.target.content);
trace("\n"); 
}

function queueCompleteHandler(event:LoaderEvent):void{
trace("all files have loaded");
trace("content of carl = " + LoaderMax.getContent("carl"));
trace("content of bill = " + LoaderMax.getContent("bill"));
trace("loader of carl = " + LoaderMax.getLoader("carl")); //this line is not in the zip but it works
}

I have attached my files. Be sure to compile with the latest LoaderMax files.

 

If you still have trouble, please provide a very simple example that clearly illustrates the issue. Thanks.

 

dataLoaderName_CS6.zip

[levantulee]

Hi Carl,

 

thanks a bunch this way works, but how about dynamic figuring out what the string shoud be in getContent.

 

What I can do is loop through the event.target.content array and find the name properties. The idea is that I don't need so spell out a specific name but can handle it completely dynamically. Along those line inside of a loop:

trace("content of "+ event.target.content[i].name = " + LoaderMax.getContent(event.target.content[i].name));

[Carl]

I'm a little confused about in what event handler you are running a loop.

 

If you want to find content by index and name, you could do something like this

var i:int = 0;
LoaderMax.getContent(queue.getChildAt(i).name));

but if you know the index, I'm not sure why you would need the name to as this you can do things like

queue.getChildAt(i).content //get the content of the first loader in the queue
queue.getChildAt(i).name //get the name of the first loader in the queue

[levantulee]

I'll try it then

 

Meanwhile I have written my own loader class with a callback system. Trying now to integrate LoaderMax with this and see how that works...