# Preloader problem: How to advance aimation in time with bytes loaded?

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**Created:** [September 9, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem-how-to-advance-aimation-in-time-with-bytes-loaded/296055 "2009-09-09T04:05:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-problem-how-to-advance-aimation-in-time-with-bytes-loaded/296055/1 "2009-09-09T04:05:35Z")

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Hi All,

Here is an animation which I want to become a functioning preloader:

[http://millimetre.com.au/MM\_AS3\_2.swf](http://millimetre.com.au/MM_AS3_2.swf)

Basically, you press button to enter and the tape measure will roll in time with the amount of data/frames loaded. So if 50% of data/frames loaded, the animation would be halfway completed. Upon completion, it zooms in on tape measure and I have animations from there to get to the main site.

This was successfully done in Actionscript 2.0, but I need it to work in Actionscript 3.0.

Anyone able to help? It would be greatly appreciated.

Here’s the complete website in Actionscript 2.0:

[http://millimetre.com.au/](http://millimetre.com.au/)