I have been using the open source BulkLoader AS3 classes since I read about it a few months back on the developer Arthur Debert's blog. When I first used the classes in FDT, the editor shows that the classes have errors in BulkLoader.as and LoadingItem.as. However, the project would still compile without issue so I just kept on coding, ignoring the little "x" as I finished the project. The issue is even marked as "WontFix" in the project's issue database on Google Code.

I am setting up a new project in which I intend to use BulkLoader once again -- and this time I'd prefer not to have FDT barking at me about code which I know compiles correctly, even in strict mode. So, I spent a few minutes and dug up how to fix the issues so that FDT quits complaining. Hopefully this saves someone else the time, and allows you to know your code is really error-free at a glance.

The issue has a proposed fix in the Google Code issue database, but *warning* you'll want to stay away from it, as the fix partially leads to more issues. The correct fix is actually found deep in FDT's forums, the gist of which is:

First, on lines 201-207 of LoadingItem.as remove all of the quotation marks and add a semi-colon at the end of the object definition. These lines should now read:

private static var classes : Object= {
loader: Loader,
xml: URLLoader,
video:NetConnection,
sound: Sound,
text: URLLoader
};

Second, change line 958 of BulkLoader.as to:

var res : * = item.content as type;

Note that the line numbers are for revision 107 : 0.9.4.1 and may change in future revisions.