# Loading bar issues

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-bar-issues/246085>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-bar-issues/246085 "2007-12-06T22:24:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![emily\_hagopian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@emily\_hagopian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/emily_hagopian)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-bar-issues/246085/1 "2007-12-06T22:24:40Z")

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Hello, I am new to flash and posting on forums…but I am going nuts trying to figure out how to get my loading bar to function properly.

On my site i have a slide show on the intro page…but the site takes a bit longer to load than the slide show plays for. What I am trying to do is have the loading bar appear at the beginning of the slide show and continue loading even though the slide show has stopped.

On frame 1 i have my loading bar and dynamic text box.

Then on frame 5 I have entered the following action script:

var loadedbytes=\_root.getBytesLoaded();  
var totalbytes=\_root.getBytesTotal();  
if(loadedbytes \< totalbytes){  
var percentageloaded=int((loadedbytes/totalbytes)\*100);  
\_root.loader.\_xscale=percentageloaded;

}else{  
gotoAndPlay(“begin\_movie”)  
}

before the “begin\_movie” frame I have a key frame that has a stop action on it…with the intention of holding the movie here until the loading bar reaches 100%…

am I totally off the mark on what I should be doing?

you can go to my site: [www.essentialimages.us](http://www.essentialimages.us) and see how messed up it is…

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!