Question

I’m displaying an external image in Flash with the loader object, and then addchild() and that whole thing. Im wondering how, if possible, I could then add that same child to another movie clip. So far, when i do, it doesn’t show up in the original movie clip anymore. Is there a way for me to display an image twice by pulling it from the same source like you would do with html,css?

Do i have to use the bitmapdata object for something like this? Im reading about it and I cant even see the purpose for it.

Thanks guys!

Answer 1

Do i have to use the bitmapdata object
for something like this? Im reading
about it and I cant even see the
purpose for it.

Yes, that’s the way to go. Basically create a new Bitmap that uses the same BitmapData. Here’s an example:

var loader:Loader = new Loader();
load.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, function(event:Event):void {
    var bitmapData:BitmapData = event.target.content.bitmapData;

    // Now to make as many Bitmap instances as we want
    var bitmap1:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);
    var bitmap2:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);
    var bitmap3:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bitmapData);

    // Use them for whatever you want here.

    // Cleanup
    event.currentTarget.removeEventListener(event.type, arguments.callee);
});
loader.load(new URLRequest('bitmap.png'));