ActionScript 3 - Tile a Bitmap

Thanks to this excellent Kirupa post, I see that tiling a bitmap object in AS3 is actually fairly straightforward!

1. Import the desired graphic you wish to tile to your Flash library.

2. Right-click the entry, and select Linkage….

3. Select the Export for ActionScript checkbox (and ensure the class name is legal).

4. You can now reference the bitmap using the class name (“tilepic” in the sample code below).

var bmd:BitmapData = new tilepic(0,0);

var sp:Sprite = new Sprite();

sp.graphics.beginBitmapFill(bmd);

sp.graphics.drawRect(0,0,800,60);

sp.graphics.endFill();

addChild(sp);