Preloader stops the scroller from working!

programming flash
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Hi all,

I’m having a strange problem withFflash8.

I have followed the Simple Custom Scroll Bar (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm) tutorial and got it working exactly how I want.

I have also followed “Ultimate Preloader” tutorial (http://www.lukamaras.com/tutorials/preloaders/complete-flash-8-visual-numerical-preloader.html)
and got that working perfectly too.

My webpage loads external SWFs when you click the navigation. On the page where I have the preloader, the preloader works fine. On the pages where I have the scroller, the scroller works fine.

But when I have one page with the preloader AND the scroller on page nothing works. I just get a black page as if the external swf is not even loading, but I know it IS loading as i see the preloader flash for a split second before the screen stays black.

If I remove the preloader, then export and upload the movie, the scroller works perfectly.

This is my code for the preloader:


stop();
pl_mask._yscale = 1;
var loadingCall:Number = setInterval(preloadSite, 50);
function preloadSite():Void
{
    var siteLoaded:Number = _root.getBytesLoaded();
    var siteTotal:Number = _root.getBytesTotal();
    var percentage:Number = Math.round(siteLoaded/siteTotal*100);
    pl_mask._yscale = percentage;
    pl_percentageClip.pl_Percentage.text = percentage+"%";
    if (siteLoaded>=siteTotal) {
        clearInterval(loadingCall);
        gotoAndPlay(10);
    }
}

The script for the scroller is exactly the same as the tutorial (http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash8/scrollbar.htm) and it is on frame 10 as are the graphics etc for the scroller.

When I preview (ctrl + enter) it works perfectly with the preloader AND scroller, but when I upload it to my server, it doesn’t work. :frowning:

Can anyone help me out on this?

Many thanks :slight_smile: