# Preloader does not show in screen

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-does-not-show-in-screen/300490
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [November 22, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-does-not-show-in-screen/300490 "2009-11-22T11:03:13Z")
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### Author: ![n000bie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@n000bie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/n000bie)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2009, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-does-not-show-in-screen/300490/1 "2009-11-22T11:03:13Z")

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Hi all,

I got a movieclip named **LoadingProgress** (exported in first frame and class name LoadingProgress), inside it is a dynamic text box with instance name **percentDisplay**

This is the code for LoadingProgress.as

```auto
package 
{
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.text.TextField;
    
    public class LoadingProgress extends Counter 
    {
        public function LoadingProgress() 
        {
            super();
        }
        
        override public function updateDisplay():void 
        {
            super.updateDisplay();
            percentDisplay.text = currentValue.toString();
        }
        
    }

}

```

code for counter.as

```auto
package 
{
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    
    public class Counter extends MovieClip 
    {
        public var currentValue:Number;
        
        public function Counter()
        {
            reset();
        }
        
        public function addToValue(amountToAdd:Number):void 
        {
            currentValue = currentValue + amountToAdd;
            updateDisplay();
        }
        
        public function reset():void
        {
            currentValue = 0;
            updateDisplay();
        }
        public function updateDisplay():void 
        {
        
        }
        
        public function setValue(amount:Number):void 
        {
            currentValue = amount;
            updateDisplay();
        }
    }

}

```

and my main documentclass contains this code to display loader

```auto

public class DocumentClass extends MovieClip {

public var loadingProgress:LoadingProgress;

        public function DocumentClass() 
        {
            loadingProgress = new LoadingProgress;
            loadingProgress.x = 200;
            loadingProgress.y = 150;
            
            loaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompletelyDownloaded);
            loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressMade);
        }
        
        public function onProgressMade(progressEvent:ProgressEvent) 
        {
            //trace (loaderInfo.bytesLoaded," - ",loaderInfo.bytesTotal);
            loadingProgress.setValue(Math.ceil(100 * loaderInfo.bytesLoaded / loaderInfo.bytesTotal));
            
        }
        
        public function onCompletelyDownloaded (event:Event):void
        {
            gotoAndStop(3);
            showMenuScreen();
        }

```

I removed other unrelated codes from document.as

When I trace it shows the % in output box, but the text is not displayed in screen.

Any help please.