I created a preloader for a page (let’s call it PAGE5). The preloader was one from the tutorials here on Kirupa. When I play the SWF file, I don’t see the preloader process, just the next frame of animation. In other words, it skips the preloader frame and jumps to the main animation. Now, if I view it Show Streaming I will see both the preloader process and the main animation.
Also, I have a main content page that in which the user will click on a button and it will play PAGE5, the page with the preloader. When I test the main content page out and click on the PAGE5 button, it skips the preloader process and jumps to the main animation.
Is this how will be appear when I upload these files to my server? I want the user to click on the PAGE5 button and see the entire preloader process before the main animation begins.
You have done it right. It’s just that when you click the button it loads the movie from your hard disk. Since a harddisk is way faster than the internet it will not show the preloader, cuz the movie is already loaded before the preloader appears on your screen. So it will skip the preloader. On the net this is different. Just try it out. Upload it and test it. The reason you didn;t see the preloader when youy press the button is probably because you load PAGE5 externally. So this will not show streaming when you test it on your harddisk. You need to test the actual PAGE5 in streaming to see the preloader.
