I am working on bettering my flash site and i dont really understand where i should preload my other swf’s that i load into my main movie. I see all these cool loading animations for a lot of flash sites but really dont have a clue how they do it. Can someome help me or point me in the right direction. Thanks
Just place a preloader on each swf file, you can use a percentage preloader from this site, here is the link to the tutorial.
Hi…
remeber to remove, on the code used from the tutorial linked above, _root. on the Action Script, otherwise the variables will refer to the mail swf and nothing works!!!
see ya soon
icicle:cyclops:
well i want to put my own preloader in there, so it will be a little different, but how do i have the preload animation load into the same movie clip as the one that is already loaded without it disappearing
Hi,
I have a Flash movie which is mostly Action Script and is only a few frames long. However, it includes about 3 or 4 mb of bit-mapped photographs.
The ‘standard’ preloaders don’t work because the number of frames in the movie is seen as only 4 or 5. The preloaders quit after those few frames are loaded. But the user still has to wait until all the photos are loaded. All the preloaders I have seen use the total number of frames to mark the end of loading – I need to use the actual file size. How can I create a preloader that will handle this situation properly?
Thanks,
Howard
can you please ask your own questions in your own thread, i am trying to work with problems i am having and dont want to get them confused with your issues
When you say remove the _root , should I replace it with the name of the swf loaded or just remove it?
