# Preloader question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475 "2003-05-21T23:11:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@madison](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/madison)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475/1 "2003-05-21T23:11:25Z")

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Dear all,

I looked at one of the tutorials (Preloader that Displays Load Progress) which explains how to make a preloader that displays the progress of movie by _BYTES_. So the question is, how to make it display by _KBYTES_??? Hope someone can help me with this little question, thanks a lot.

Madison

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**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:** [May 21, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475/2 "2003-05-21T23:12:35Z")

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couldnt you just multiply the number by 10?

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**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:** [May 21, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475/3 "2003-05-21T23:21:19Z")

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Urr…  
I’m just a beginner of Flash, so do you mind to write me the code please? Below is the one i’ve got:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
var bytes = \_root.getBytesTotal();  
var bytes\_loaded = \_root.getBytesLoaded();  
if (bytes\_loaded == bytes) {  
\_root.gotoAndPlay(2);  
this.kirupatxt = “movie loaded”;  
} else {  
\_root.gotoAndStop(1);  
this.kirupatxt = “loading (” + bytes\_loaded + “/” + bytes +")";

```
}

```

}

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**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:** [May 22, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloader-question/21475/4 "2003-05-22T01:23:50Z")

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You’ve pretty much got it. To convert to kilobytes just divide “var bytes\_loaded” by 1,024. So you could do:  
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {  
var bytes = \_root.getBytesTotal();  
var bytes\_loaded = \_root.getBytesLoaded();  
var kilobytes = bytes/1024;  
var kilobytes\_loaded = bytes\_loaded/1024;  
…  
then replace the variables in the kirupatxt line with the kilobyte vars. Hope that helps