check loader content

**lope** · October 14th, 2009, 03:36 AM

how can I distinguish between image and swf?

it works for image, but how can i ask if content is swf?

Code:

private function completeHandler(e:Event):void {
            
           
            
            if(e.target.content is Bitmap){
            
                _image = (Bitmap)(e.target.content);
            
            }
.........

**IQAndreas** · October 14th, 2009, 05:17 AM

The LoaderInfo has a property named "contentType"
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS3LCR/F...ml#contentType

Here is some sample usage:

Code:

switch(e.currentTarget.loaderInfo.contentType)
{
   case "application/x-shockwave-flash":
      trace("Loaded content is a SWF.");
      this.addChild(e.currentTarget.content);
      break;
   case "image/jpeg":
   case "image/gif":
   case "image/png":
      trace("Loaded content is an image");
      this.addChild(e.currentTarget.content);
      break;
}

I believe someone on the boards recently found a way that reads the first 3 bytes of the file in order to find out the type.