[Flash8]Is there a way to make a preloader with onEnterFrame and...?

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Is there a way to make a preloader base on onEnterFrame function and then delete it after the content has finished loading? I’m asking this because I used this method for some thumbnail preloader movie but the thing is that when I end up with 30 generated thumbnails they eat up processor power because each thumnail’s onEnterFrame function is running endlessly…

The code I used is this one and it’s placed inside the tumbnail clip where the preloader components are:


thumb_loader.thumbLbar._xscale = 0;
loader_text._visible=false;
thumb_loader._visible=false;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
				filesize = thumbHolder.getBytesTotal();
				loaded = thumbHolder.getBytesLoaded();
				thumb_loader._visible = true;
				loader_text._visible=true;
				if (loaded != filesize) {
					loader_text.loadT.text=Math.round(100*loaded/filesize);
					thumb_loader._visible=true;
					thumb_loader.thumbLbar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
				} else {
					loader_text._visible=false;
					thumb_loader._visible=false;

				}
			}

Now, when I want the onEnterFrame action to stop (whe teh content has finished loading) I add the following line inside the [COLOR=DarkRed]else[/COLOR] tag:


delete this.onEnterFrame;

but I know it’s not right because the preloader doesn’t show anymore…it displays for a split second at the begining of the download and then it disapears and at the end the content is displayed…

Does anyone know why that is?
Appreciate any help I can get…