.width reporting 0

#1

So if I :

var papa1: Loader = new Loader();
papa1.load(new URLRequest(“img/img.png”));
trace (papa1.width);

Comes out as zero… I thought I had used this before but now it comes back as zero.
What am I missing here, did something change with .width or I just think it used to work printing out the width ?

#2

Loader is asynchron, you need to listen on the “complete” event. (Details)

Why not:

var papa1:Bitmap = new Bitmap (Assets.getBitmapData ("/img/img.png"));
#3

Thanks, I keep forgetting about this.

#4

You can also use:

Assets.loadBitmapData ("img/img.png").onComplete (function (bitmapData) {
    ...
});

or:

BitmapData.loadFromFile ("img/img.png").onComplete (function (bitmapData) {
    ...
});
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#5

Thanks, I think this is some weird mental block with async on my part.