import flash.display.Bitmap;

//creates a loader for each picture to be loaded, I know I could have an empty array that I add to but created a full array to test.

var loaders:Array = [new Loader(),new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader(), new Loader()];

//stores the url request for each image to be loaded

var Requests:Array =[new URLRequest("pic1.jpg"),new URLRequest("pic2.jpg"),new URLRequest("pic3.jpg"),
new URLRequest("pic4.jpg"),new URLRequest("pic5.jpg"),new URLRequest("pic6.jpg"), new URLRequest("pic7.jpg"),
 new URLRequest("pic8.jpg"), new URLRequest("pic9.jpg"),new URLRequest("pic10.jpg")];



//creates 2 empty arrays one to store the thumbnail sized pics the other fullsized. Ideally I want one Array holding the bitmap data and the other holding the thumbnail instances since I only need 2
// fullsized images at a time I can just create a new one and erase the old one in a single function.

var pics:Array = new Array();
var pics2:Array = new Array();

//defines an empty bitMap variable as a placeholder for which to copy from redefined in every iteration of the loop

var test:Bitmap;

//loops through every loader

for (var i in loaders);
{
        // loads the loader and url request and creates a picture
        loaders[i].load(Requests[i]);

		//waits for the pic to load
        loaders[i].contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);

		//after loader is loaded create pic from the data
        function loadComplete(evt:Event):void
        {
                var i = "Test";
                trace(i);
                test= evt.target.content as Bitmap;
                pics2[i] = test;
                pics[i] =new Bitmap(test.bitmapData);
                pics2[i] =new Bitmap(test.bitmapData);

		//creates an image on the stage at runtime to help debug

		var pic1 = new Bitmap(test.bitmapData);
                addChild(pics[i])
                pic1.scaleX = 0.138427734375;
                pic1.scaleY = 0.1384114583333333;
                pic1.x = 204;
                pic1.y = 20.6;
                pic1.alpha = .25;

                var pic2:Bitmap = new Bitmap(test.bitmapData);
                pic2.x =100;
                pic2.y =100;
                pic2.scaleX =.33;
                pic2.scaleY=.33;
                addChild(pic2);
				loaders[i].contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete)
        }
}