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actionscript-3flashembeddingassets

Embed many graphics using an array

In AS3 you can embed a graphic into a Class variable:

     [Embed(source="MenuAssets.swf", symbol="topSquare")]
        public var TopMenuItem:Class;

I have hundreds of assets in this one website project I'm doing, so I want to embed assets into an array for quick access.

Can I do something like this? Its not compiling so I'm wondering whether its possible.

        public var MenuAssets:Array = [
           [Embed(source="MenuAssets.swf", symbol="topSquare")],
           [Embed(source="MenuAssets.swf", symbol="botSquare")],
           [Embed(source="MenuAssets.swf", symbol="leftSquare")],
           [Embed(source="MenuAssets.swf", symbol="rightSquare")],
        ]
Solution

  • You could also embed the assets in a single FLA. In the FLA's library, give each one a class name like "graphics.menu.RightSquare" then export it as a SWC. Configure your Flash Builder project to load the SWC as an external library. Then you can do something like:

    import graphics.menu.*;

new RightSquare();