# Custom preloader question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [July 26, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781 "2004-07-26T06:06:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Matt1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Matt1)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/1 "2004-07-26T06:06:28Z")
Hello… i have a preloader question… (i know this has been asked like 10000 times already but im still wondering)…
I have 3 little circles that fill up…here is EXACTLY… what i want:
- User Views Movie…
- The Movie Loads
- Preloaders Shows
- It will play it once through and when it gets the end of the animation it will be done loading and play.
- user enjoys
plz help me :\*(
-Matt
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/2 "2004-07-26T06:11:15Z")
that’s what a preloader does…you are right!
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/3 "2004-07-26T06:12:02Z")
AHAHAHAAHHA-no… :cool:
i needed the actionscript…
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/4 "2004-07-26T06:16:14Z")
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm)
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/5 "2004-07-26T06:19:50Z")
that doesnt help buddy -.-
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/6 "2004-07-26T06:20:31Z")
try again, changed URL after re-reading
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/7 "2004-07-26T06:24:29Z")
i think thats for bar preloaders
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/8 "2004-07-26T06:26:59Z")
you could have a inner mc and rather than setting the width set the current frame
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/9 "2004-07-26T06:28:27Z")
yea but im not sure what the as is thats what i asked for in the first place…
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/10 "2004-07-26T06:28:41Z")
i.e. using the framenumber from the percent variable
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/11 "2004-07-26T06:29:36Z")
the link he gave works, it sets the width of an mc though, just change the mc it links to to one with 100 frames and set it to change \_currentframe instead
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/12 "2004-07-26T06:33:08Z")
sooo:
bytes\_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes\_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes\_loaded/bytes\_total;
this.loadBar.\_width = getPercent_100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent_100)+"%";
if (bytes\_loaded == bytes\_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
edit this for me lol srry
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/13 "2004-07-26T06:36:21Z")
```auto
bytes_loaded = Math.round(this.getBytesLoaded());
bytes_total = Math.round(this.getBytesTotal());
getPercent = bytes_loaded/bytes_total;
// the edit is the current frame
this.loadBar._currentframe = getPercent*100;
this.loadText = Math.round(getPercent*100)+"%";
if (bytes_loaded == bytes_total) {
this.gotoAndPlay(3);
}
```
and make sure the movieclip that used to show the width now has 100 frames of what you want
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/14 "2004-07-26T06:37:29Z")
too kind bombing pixels…too kind
---
### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-preloader-question/58781/15 "2004-07-26T06:39:07Z")
ooo thankyou soo much… im still learning thus making me sucky at flash… if i change the numbers 100 to the totalframes will it still work?
and what about the loadtext?