šŸ˜• preloader on CD?

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Howdy all,

I have a project where a bit of code will trigger the loading of an external swf that contains an image. The image is quite large - over 3 MB - and everything in the main file seems to freeze for 5 seconds or so while itā€™s loading, which is quite annoying. I would love to create a preloader for it - or something that indicates that the image is loading to the viewer. However, the searching Iā€™ve done indicates that it is not possible to have a preloader work for something that isnā€™t on the web (e.g. a CD or just an exe on your machine).

Is this true? :h:

Thanks! :hr:

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puts shoulder under thread and . . . . HEAVES it back up to the top of the pile!

Oof! wipes sweat reminds me too much of P.E. shotput. :rock:

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hehe im afraid i cant help answer but i will help keep this on the top of the pile :stuck_out_tongue:

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You donā€™t need a preloader for things that are being read off of the local machine because they load pretty much instantaneously since they donā€™t have to be downloaded. So a preloader is useless for something like this.

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Thanks Lost and Insomniac! :love:

That is what I have read but then my images DONā€™T load instantaneously. Granted itā€™s much faster than it would be on the web, but there is still some drag time where the user is like ā€œwhat the heck? how come I donā€™t see anything and all the buttons and sliders have frozen?ā€. Is there someway for me to get a message to the user to let them know itā€™s loading? I guess a setInterval or something? But the lag time isnā€™t always the same . . . :frowning:

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maybe it would be wise to use something other than flash if this aspect is really important? alternatively you could have a loading animation to occupy the space until the image has loaded? not quite a preloader, but it would work i guess