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BulkLoader and CSS

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I have become a big fan of using BulkLoader. It is a great class library that allows me to load many different types of files in a controlled and organized fashion. However, it isn’t clear on how to load CSS.

I assumed I would be able to use a “getCSS” function, but there isn’t one coded into the class structure.

To get around this I used the loaded CSS file as a String and then used the parseCSS() function to convert the String into a usable CSS Object.

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// create the loader instance
var loader:BulkLoader = new BulkLoader("cssLoading");

var css:StyleSheet;
var cssURL:String = "myCSS.css";

loader.add(cssURL);

...

 // when loader is complete
 function parseCSS():void{
  // place the loaded CSS into a string
  var cssContent:String = String(loader.getContent(cssURL))
 
  css = new StyleSheet();
  css.parseCSS(cssContent);

  // trace should output '[object StyleSheet]'
  trace(" Loaded Style Sheet: " + css);
 }

Hope this can be helpful for others.

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  1. Marcy Said,

    Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!

  2. admin Said,

    Glad I could help! :)

  3. Patrick Said,

    Nice work here. Thanks.

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