# Preloading content **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 20, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963 "2003-08-20T15:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brown0209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Brown0209](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Brown0209)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/1 "2003-08-20T15:42:10Z")
Hi. Im having trouble a problem with my flash movie. I didnt notice it was a problem until I uploaded it to the web. Heres the problem: I have dynamic text, .jpg’s, and .swf’s loading into different parts of my movie. The file size of them is fairly small, but I notice that they are still taking a few seconds to show, so what I want to do is make the movie pause until the text, .jpg’s, and swf’s are fully loaded. I want to have ‘loading’ text showing so the user knows that the content is loading. I found this tutorial on the site ‘Preloader and Transition for Dynamic Files’ but I am a little confused by it. I cant relate it to my project because I am trying load more than just one object on a frame. I also dont need any fancy transition that this tutorial uses. Just plain and simple. Can someone please help me. Thank you =) Brown ☹ ---
**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:** [August 20, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/2 "2003-08-20T21:03:44Z")
You could use just a regular preloader…[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/percentagepreloader.htm) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/3 "2003-08-20T21:20:00Z")
Ive tried that. I know I have to load them from the main movie, not the individual movies themselves. And besides, most of the things I am loading are text files. You can place a loader into a text file. Thanks anyway Blackjack. At least I got 1 reply so far… ---
**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:** [August 20, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/4 "2003-08-20T21:29:14Z")
You can make something like this: since you are using LoadVars, you could set an animation (like a “loading” message blinking) while the onLoad hasnt been completed. ie: [AS]loading\_mc.\_visible = true; var myLoadVars = new LoadVars(); myLoadVars.load(“news.txt”); myLoadVars.onLoad = function(success) { if (success) { loading\_mc.\_visible = false; myText.text = this.myVar; ``` } else { loading_mc._visible = false; ``` myText.text = “Error!”; } }; ```auto ``` ---
**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:** [August 21, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/5 "2003-08-21T00:02:30Z")
I dont really understand this code. How will the main movie know when the files are loaded. Let me give an example: I press a button and it brings me to a page with 1 external jpg 3 dynamic html text fields (from .txt files) 2 external swf’s How do I pause the movie, bring up a loading animation, load the 6 files, then play the movie? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/6 "2003-08-21T01:23:17Z")
I found a code that seemed like it would work and tried to apply it to my problem,…but it didnt work. Can someone tell me if this sounds right: stop(); // stop the timeline num = 0 myFiles = [“NEWCD.txt”,“NEWCD.jpg”,“mixedcd\_nav.swf”]; function loadScene(num){ if (num \< myFiles.length){ \_root.loading\_mc.\_visible = 1; this.createEmptyMovieClip(“controller”,1000000); this.createEmptyMovieClip(“container”,1000001).\_visible = 0; container.loadMovie(myClips[num]); controller.onEnterFrame = function(){ var l = container.getBytesLoaded(); var t = container.getBytesTotal(); if (l \>1 && l \>= t) { \_root.loading\_mc.\_visible = 0; delete this.onEnterFrame; num++; loadScene(num); controller.removeMovieClip(); container.removeMovieClip(); } } } } ---
**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:** [August 21, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/7 "2003-08-21T02:02:45Z")
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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:** [August 21, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preloading-content/28963/8 "2003-08-21T05:05:04Z")
maybe I am not explaining this right. I think it would be easier if you seen what I am trying to do. I used some of you code to do this but it is still not working correctly. check it out for yourself : [http://www.digitalmixmaster.com/flash.htm](http://www.digitalmixmaster.com/flash.htm) dont mind the mess, it still needs some work. Anyway, the only preloads I added were to the ‘Remixes’ button and the ‘Mixed CD’ button. click them to see what I am trying to do and what is going wrong. Thanks, Laterz! Brown