AS3: Download Files using a For Each Loop

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Please keep in mind that I am a TOTAL NOOB. I am not asking anyone to code my entire project, but I am easily lost in many cases. Your help and patience is much appreciated ...

My AS3 code looks something like this:

var totalFeatureImageDownloads:Number = 0; //total file size of all feature images, in bytes

var totalFeatureImageDownloaded:Number = 0; //total downloaded of all feature images, in bytes


for each(var featureimage:XML in xml.featureimages.imgurl)

{

trace(featureimage);

var featureImageRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(featureimage);

var featureImageLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader(featureImageRequest);

totalFeatureImageDownloads = totalFeatureImageDownloads + featureImageLoader.bytesTotal;

trace(featureImageLoader.bytesTotal);

}

Currently I have 3 images in the XML file, and their URL's are traced properly. However, bytesTotal always equals 0. Also, I know that this loop creates 3 identically named URLRequest's and 3 identically named URLLoaders. I probably need to create 3 differently named ones.

I would like all the images to be downloaded simultaneously, and I need to calculate the combined file size for all three, along with the download status as a fraction (bytesLoaded / bytesTotal).

I have multiple scenarios like this, and am stuck until I get this finished. Your help is much appreciated. Cheers.