getting info on objects loaded via xml

here is the code; i am new to coding so i am not very good at keeping it neat or explaining it so well.

if, howver, you can follow this, i would appreciate any help. have been trying to crack this basic concept for months using lynda.com, books, et all but not having much luck.

i appreciate you time.

best

bob

Thank you -- the problem i have is i don't know how to assign numbers 2,3,4 etc in the middle of loading, because i can;t figure a way to let the next graphic know where it should go to. in other words, in order to ba able to assign it a position, i need to be able to tell it the width of the prviously loaded item, which i can't figure out how to do. i am stuck on this.

thanks

Thak you for this -- it did help somewhat, but i am still stuck.

When i use the contentLoaderInfo listener, you are right, i can discern the width of the loader. but when i do this it only works for the last item loaded. here is my problem -- i am trying to load graphics dynamically, and have each graphic go to it's proper "place" on a simulated shelf -- so the foirst object might go to (0,0), then next object should go directly to the right of the first object, etc, etc. and i am loading all this dynamically from an xml file. if i just specify a distance, then i can get everything to load at uniform distances from each other. problem is each of the graphics has a unique width, height, etc, so i need to be able to "catch and capture" this info as each one is loaded. when i wait until the entire loader has loaded, the only peopoerties left for me to capture and use are the propoerties of the last itm loaded.

any ideas on how to do this -- anyone?


thanks very much, i just can't seem to figure this out.