import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.events.*;

var loader:Loader;
var paramImage:String;
var thumbnail:MovieClip;

// Fake Constructor
function init():void {
loader = new Loader();
thumbnail = new MovieClip();
this.addChild(thumbnail);
}

function load(url:String):void {
loader.load(new URLRequest(url));
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoadComplete);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR , onLoadError);
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onLoadProgress);
}

// Event Handlers

function onLoadComplete(event:Event):void {
thumbnail.addChild(this.loader);
}

function onLoadError(e:Event):void {
trace(this+”.ERROR loading “+paramImage);
}

function onLoadProgress(e:Event):void {
// Needed for progressbar
}

init();
load(”http://somewebsite.com/image.png”);

I’ve been looking into loading an image into a BitmapData object and you can achive the above using the following…

sourceBMD = e.target.loader.contentLoaderInfo.content.bitmapData as BitmapData;

“e” is the Event object passed through when Event.COMPLETE fires.

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Mike