# I am in a muddle about this preloader **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [November 15, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570 "2003-11-15T12:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buzzby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90db22/32.png) [@buzzby](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/buzzby)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/1 "2003-11-15T12:26:57Z")
please someone help me. i am stuck. i have a movie that is 1 frame long. all actions, attachments and so on happen on that 1 frame. everything is loaded into \_level0. i need a preloader for the movie. the preloaders i have used all show when 90% of the movie has already been loaded. i there4 need a to develop a separate movie to call the main movie. the separate movie is to be the preloader movie. please help me in developing this movie. i know i need to use ‘loadmovienum’ parameter. i also want to use the ‘getbytes’ parameter aswell. what do i need to do in order for this to work? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/2 "2003-11-15T13:26:57Z")
Whats your code for your preloader?? There are lots in the tutorial section and all over the site if all you need is how to make a preloader… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/3 "2003-11-15T13:55:45Z")
this is the code for my preloader movie frame 1 loadMovieNum(“index2.swf”, 1); frame 2 nothing frame 3 actBytes = \_level1.getBytesLoaded() || 0; totBytes = \_level1.getBytesTotal() || 100; percent = Math.round(actBytes \* 100 / totBytes); if( totBytes - actBytes \> 10){ bar.\_xscale = percent; gotoAndPlay(2) } frame 4 stop(); as you can see the preloader is suppose to load the main movie (index.swf). while it is doing so the preloader should do its thing [http://www.dcobbinah.co.uk/bridgette](http://www.dcobbinah.co.uk/bridgette) some say it works others say it doesnt. when i test it it doesnt work. not sure if it only works mx 2004 actionscript 2.0 and flash player 7 i m using mx with flash player 6 and it doesnt seem to work ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/4 "2003-11-15T14:01:06Z")
Who says the preloader works?? It shouldn’t because there isn’t a stop sign from frame 3 to 4, so it should just go straight to 4. Anyways, like i said: preloader tutorials here at kirupa: [http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-a=00040c2f-sp00000000&sp-f=iso-8859-1&sp-q=preloader](http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-a=00040c2f-sp00000000&sp-f=iso-8859-1&sp-q=preloader) and lots on the forum search… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/5 "2003-11-15T14:33:20Z")
no where in that link you gave does it have a tute about a preloader loading a different swf. it talks about loading movie on the next frame. different types of loading and thats it. notihng to say 'this is a tutorial to teach you how to have one swf/file be a preloader for another swf/file. anyone who can point me in that particular direction i would be most grateful ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/6 "2003-11-15T14:38:10Z")
Then you could’ve tried typing something else in the search… [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader\_transition.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/preloader_transition.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/7 "2003-11-15T15:47:18Z")
> \*Originally posted by buzzby \* > \*\* > anyone who can point me in that particular direction i would be most grateful \*\* I think that this is what you are after. [http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=359643](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=359643) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-in-a-muddle-about-this-preloader/35570/8 "2003-11-15T15:57:42Z")
thanks for your help on this. i just cleared out my cache and looked at this. FANTASTIC MATE. it works. it has been baffling me for so long your help is much appreciated