Flash / Flex / ActionScript/Network/URLRequest

Adding an asset to the display list

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.net.URLRequest;
 import flash.events.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   private var loader:Loader;
   public function Main() {
     loader = new Loader();
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, initListener);
     var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("sunset.jpg");
     loader.load(urlRequest);
   }
   private function initListener (e:Event):void {
     addChild(loader.content);  // Add Bitmap object to SunsetViewer
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Add URLrequest to Loader

   <source lang="java">

package {

    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    
    [SWF(width=550, height=400)]
    
    public class Main extends Sprite {
         
         public function Main() {
              var loader:Loader = new Loader();
              addChild(loader);
              loader.load(new URLRequest("audrey_computer.png"));
         }
         
    }

}

       </source>
   
  

Formatting text with an externally loaded style sheet

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.text.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 import flash.net.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   public function Main(  ) {
     var urlLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(  );
     urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.ruPLETE, completeListener);
     urlLoader.load(new URLRequest("styles.css"));
   }
   private function completeListener (e:Event):void {
       var styleSheet:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet(  );
       styleSheet.parseCSS(e.target.data);
       var t:TextField = new TextField(  );
       t.width = 200;
       t.styleSheet = styleSheet;

t.htmlText = "

ActionScript is fun!

";

   }
 }

}

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Loading a bitmap at runtime

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 import flash.net.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   private var loader:Loader = new Loader(  );
   public function Main() {
     loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT,initListener);
     loader.load(new URLRequest("photo.jpg"));
   }
   private function initListener (e:Event):void {
     addChild(loader.content);
     trace(Bitmap(loader.content).bitmapData.getPixel(0, 0));
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Loading XML Data: Event.COMPLETE listener

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 import flash.net.*;
 public class XMLLoader extends Sprite {
   private var novel:XML;
   private var urlLoader:URLLoader;
   public function XMLLoader (  ) {
     var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("novel.xml");
     urlLoader = new URLLoader(  );
     urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.ruPLETE, completeListener);
     urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
   }
   private function completeListener(e:Event):void {
     novel = new XML(urlLoader.data);
     trace(novel.toXMLString(  ));  
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Loading XML Data from External Sources

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.net.*;
 import flash.events.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite{
       var myXML:XML;
       var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.your-domain.ru/test.xml");
       var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(url);
   public function Main(){
       loader.addEventListener(Event.ruPLETE, onLoadComplete);
   }
   function onLoadComplete(event:Event):void {
      if (loader.data) {
         myXML = XML(loader.data);
      }
   }
 }

}

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Starting the load operation

   <source lang="java">

package {

 import flash.display.*;
 import flash.net.URLRequest;
 public class Main extends Sprite {
   private var loader:Loader;
   public function Main(  ) {
     loader = new Loader(  );
     var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("sunset.jpg");
       loader.load(url);
   }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Use FileReference to download file from a URL

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 import flash.net.*;
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var fileReference:FileReference = new FileReference(  );
       
       var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.myexamplesite.ru/example.txt");
       fileReference.download(urlRequest);
   }
 }

}

       </source>