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hey
i have a problem :wink:
im making a flash site with dynamic content…
there is a main .swf file which is loaded 1st and then this one loads the secondary pages…
Now lets say someone loads the News page, which is then loaded into the main movie. but the movie which has just now been called ( news ) checks what text and images it is to display of a mySql database. but it does not do this untill it is done loading, and when it is done loading the loader movie is then gone , but the page is still blank because it is still loading the image that was supposed to already be preloaded…
now if that isent messy enough im gonan try to make it a little more understandable =)

  1. mainpage loads an external movie
  2. loader page is displayed for external movie
  3. external movie is done loading, then starts loading the image that it dynamically find out is supposed to be there too
    4)page is shown , but still not done loading the dynamic content

now how do i make a % loader with kbytesloaded/kbytestotal

Thanks =)

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how are you bringing in the info from the mysql db?
loadvars or what?

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not sure about how 2 preload the data but just make it so that once your clip has done loading make the preloader bar half full and then have it goto another frame with same preloader gfx but AS to preload your content and add it on to your existing preloader to take it up to 100% ie.

000% - nothing loaded
050% - external swf loaded but not displayed
100% - everything loaded and then displayed

that should give you a nice, semmingly seamless dual loading effect :wink:

Prophet.