Preloader text w/ pie preloader

1

i’m using the script that i modified from sbeener’s pie preloader.

here’s the code i have


MovieClip.prototype.drawMeter = function(t,l){
   var p = l/t;
   var r = 16;
   var v = [[r,-r],[r,r],[-r,r],[-r,-r]];
   var d = Math.ceil(p*4);
   var s = this.getProgress(p);
   with(this){
       clear();
      beginFill(0x560000);
      lineTo(0,-r);
      for(var i=0;i < d;i++){
         lineTo(v*[0],v*[1]);
      }
      lineTo(s.x,s.y);
      endFill();
	  // in drawMeter()
   if(t == l){
      // when loaded actions
      _root.nextFrame();
   }
   }
}

MovieClip.prototype.getProgress = function(p){
   var r = 20;
   var s = Math.PI + (-p * Math.PI*2);
   return({y:Math.cos(s)*r,x:Math.sin(s)*r});
}

MovieClip.prototype.drawCircle = function(r, x, y){
      this.moveTo(x+r, y);
      this.curveTo(r+x, -0.4142*r+y, 0.7071*r+x, -0.7071*r+y);
      this.curveTo(0.4142*r+x, -r+y, x, -r+y);
      this.curveTo(-0.4142*r+x, -r+y, -0.7071*r+x, -0.7071*r+y);
      this.curveTo(-r+x, -0.4142*r+y, -r+x, y);
      this.curveTo(-r+x, 0.4142*r+y, -0.7071*r+x, 0.7071*r+y);
      this.curveTo(-0.4142*r+x, r+y, x, r+y);
      this.curveTo(0.4142*r+x, r+y, 0.7071*r+x, 0.7071*r+y);
      this.curveTo(r+x, 0.4142*r+y, r+x, y);
}

this.createEmptyMovieClip("loader",0);
this.createEmptyMovieClip("mask",1);
this.mask.beginFill(0xfeefff);
this.mask.drawCircle(16,0,0);
this.mask.endFill();
this.loader.setMask(this.mask);

loader.onEnterFrame = function(){
   if((i++) < 100){
      this.drawMeter(100,i);
   }
}
this.preloader_mc.loadedFile.onEnterFrame = "The movie is " + p + "% loaded";

here is my question. the last line of the code defines what the textbox contained inside a clip called preloader_mc with a variable of loadedFile should display the percentage loaded of the file according to the variable p set at the beginning of this code

why doesn’t this work?

by the way sbeener, it wasn’t working b/c i did miss one of the _roots … it was acting funny b/c the mask was being put on the _root still so it had nothing to mask since the meter was inside the symbol instance i made. now it works fine though :slight_smile: well except for the text thing i’m trying to do now :slight_smile:

2

I’ve found a pie preloader component on www.flashcomponents.com. If you download that, it might give you some ideas.

3

i don’t have a membership there sniffle

4

Neither do I, and I’m sure I downloaded it… Hang on, let me see if I can attach the .mxp to a post…

Give me a few secs.

5

There’s four .mxp files here, stored in a zip. There are a whole bunch of preloaders, so take your pick. :slight_smile:

6

thank you so much